No Labor in Paradise
Did Adam labor in Paradise? What does Scripture mean when it says God placed...
Howard I. Schwartz Ph.D.
Natural Law
Food and Eating in Paradise
Why did Adam and Eve eat food in Paradise? [This post continues my discussion...
Life in Paradise: Food, Immortality and Sexuality
What were the lives of Adam and Eve like in the Garden of Eden?...
No Property in Paradise
According to Thomas Aquinas, private property did not exist in Paradise but arose only...
Reply to Objection 1: Private Property Does Not Contradict Natural Law
Private property does not contradict natural law, in which everything is in common. Aquinas...
Three Reasons Private Property Is Necessary
Aquinas gives three reasons why private property is necessary, drawing heavily from Aristotle’s Politics....
Aquinas’s First Objection to Private Property: Everything is in common by natural law
If everything is in common according to natural law, how can there be private...
Aquinas On Whether Private Property is Natural or Lawful
This is the beginning of my commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s views of private property...
Aquinas on Private Property
This is the beginning of Aquinas’s discussion of private property. Previously, I discussed Aquinas’s...
Aquinas, Aristotle and the Naturalness of Sustenance (Aquinas Answer Part II)
Humans naturally need sustenance argues Aquinas following Aristotle. [This is a continuation of my...