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On Thomas Aquinas’ doctrine of materia
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| DUAN Dezhi1, ZHAO Dunhua2, |
| 1.School of Philosophy,
Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China; 2.Department of Philosophy,
Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; |
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Abstract Aquinas’ doctrine of materia signata or “designated matter” is an important deviation from the traditional doctrines on matter. Through in-depth typological and genetic analyses of the related concepts, this essay explores materia signata’s ontological qualities, generative mechanism and function, as well as its academic significance in the history of both Christian theology and Western philosophy.
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materia signata
typology
embryology
individualist principle
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Issue Date: 05 December 2009
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