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The relationship between natural and cosmology in Thomas Aquinas

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Natural science, Cosmos, Cosmology, Cosmography, Thomas Aquinas

Abstract

The present study aims to articulate natural science and cosmology in Thomas Aquinas. Accordingly, I want to investigate the conceptions of cosmos by the following question: can the cosmos (world or universe) be the central topic of natural science in Aquinas? I present three conceptions of cosmos in order to reflect upon this question. The first is the metaphysical one in which the cosmos is a hierarchy of entities. The second is related to cosmography according to which the cosmos is a relation of intercalated spheres. The third, finally, is the cosmological conception that understands the cosmos as the set of simple bodies in perennial natural locomotion.

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Evaniel Brás dos Santos

Pós-Doutorado Junior, CNPq, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA – Brasil.

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dos Santos, E. B. (2021). The relationship between natural and cosmology in Thomas Aquinas. TRANS/FORM/AÇÃO: Revista De Filosofia, 43(1), 17–38. Retrieved from https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/transformacao/article/view/6630

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Vol. 43 No. 1: January-March/2020

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