The Order of Presentation and the Order of Understanding in Aquinas's Account of Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10435107 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom W Smith (0000-0001-9329-6880, corresponding author), Thomas W Smith |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 607-640 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500018659 |
| OpenAlex | W2073628925 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
It is argued that natural law can be known without the aid of revelation, and so it seems to be a medium through which people of different faiths can live together and talk to each other. However, Leo Strauss argues that Aquinas's understanding of natural law cannot possibly provide such a medium because Thomas relies on Christian revelation to develop his account of natural law. To counter this claim, this article makes a distinction between the way Aquinas presents his natural law teaching to his readers in a discussion of revelation and the way he thinks human beings may come to know natural law independent of special revelation. This distinction leads to a consideration of the deepest issue dividing Strauss and Aquinas: their rival accounts of the relationship of philosophy to theology
Black letter law · Comparative law · Divine law · Economics · Epistemology · Natural (archaeology · Natural law · Natural order · Order (exchange · Philosophy of law · Political science · Presentation (obstetrics · Private law · Revelation · Theology · History · Law · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Philosophy · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy
Natural Right and History
Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas
Maimonides, Aquinas and Gersonides on Providence and evil
Thomism and Aristotelianism
Nuclear deterrence, morality and realism
Response to Hall
The New Rights Theory and the Natural Law
On the Naturalness and Lawfulness of the Natural Law
On Homistic Natural Law the Bad Man's View of Thomistic Natural Right
The Revenge of God
Multiculturalism and the Problem of Particularism
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |