• The Metaphysics of Perfect Vital Acts in Second Scholasticism Heider, Daniel 2022 American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly , Vol. 96 , Issue 4 , S. 619 ff. ( Zeitschrift ) Englisch 1051-3558 | 2153-8441 Abstract

    In this paper I deal with the issues in Second Scholasticism of the nature, genesis and creatability of perfect vital acts of cognition and appetition in vital powers. I present the theories of Francisco Suárez (1548–1617), Raffaele Aversa (1589–1657), and Bartolomeo Mastri (1602–1673) together with Bonaventura Belluto (1603–1676). I show that while for Aversa these acts are action-like items merely emanating from the soul and vital powers and as such cannot be produced from the outside, even by God, for Mastri and Belluto they are absolute qualities proceeding from their principles by efficient causation proper, which is a kind of procession that can be replaced by God. I argue that Suárez’s position attempts to steer a middle ground between these two theories.

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Heider, Daniel
Catholic Tradition
Contemporary Philosophy
History of Philosophy

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