CLT Philosophy and Worldview 3

Question 1

Thomas Aquinas's 'Five Ways' in the Summa Theologiae are arguments for?

Accepted Answer

The existence of God

Answer

Aquinas's Five Ways are five arguments — from motion, causation, contingency, gradation, and design — each concluding to the existence of God.

Question 2

Augustine's doctrine of 'original sin' holds which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Human nature is fundamentally disordered due to Adam's fall

Answer

Augustine argued that Adam's disobedience corrupted human nature, passing both guilt and disordered desires (concupiscence) to all his descendants.

Question 3

Anselm of Canterbury's ontological argument defines God as?

Accepted Answer

That than which nothing greater can be conceived

Answer

Anselm's definition — 'that than which nothing greater can be conceived' — is the premise from which he argues God must exist in reality, not merely in the mind.

Question 4

The scholastic method, as practiced in medieval universities, was primarily characterized by?

Accepted Answer

Rigorous logical disputation to reconcile authorities with reason

Answer

Scholasticism used formal logical disputation (quaestio format) to resolve apparent conflicts between ancient authorities like Aristotle and Christian doctrine.

Question 5

Augustine's concept of the 'Two Cities' in The City of God refers to?

Accepted Answer

The spiritual community of those who love God and the worldly community of those who love self

Answer

Augustine contrasts the City of God (those who love God above self) with the City of Man (those who love self above God), showing history as their intermingled struggle.

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CLT Philosophy and Worldview 3