O conhecimento do mundo em Santo Tomás de Aquino
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2020-12-14
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Universidade Católica do Salvador
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The human being has an inclination to knowledge. The way knowledge originates is addressed
by Saint Thomas Aquinas in his Summa Teológica, the main bibliographic source of this
research. The objective of this paper is to interpret and understand the capacity that the Human
Being has to know through reason. Through the hermeneutic method and bibliographic
research, this study clarifies Saint Thomas perspectives in relation to the way in which the
intellect is manifested. The process begins with sensation, aided by external and internal senses,
reaching the potency of memory and culminating in intellection. In turn, man is enlightened by
the supreme intellect. Through the need for will and freedom, man is able to know what is
proposed in his reality. The relevance of this paper is to show the importance of the human
intellect. It is possible to perceive, through this theme, the important Thomistic contribution for
the Human Being to better understand himself and the world.
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Potência, Memória, Intelecto, Vontade, Santo Tomás de Aquino, Potency, Memory, Intellect, Will, Contribuição Tomista