Who Cares What Thomas Aquinas Thinks Anyway?
I have been posting for three months now on St. Thomas Aquinas’s view of...
Howard I. Schwartz Ph.D.
Religion
Aquinas’s Analogy: Clothing, Slavery and Private Property
The development of private property and slavery are like the development of clothing. How...
No Equality in Paradise
Did you think everyone was created equal? Not so, according to Aquinas. [This post...
The Children of Adam and Eve
If Adam and Eve had children in the Paradise, what would they have been...
Were Adam and Eve Vegetarians in the Garden of Eden?
Were Adam and Eve vegetarians? You may be surprised by this answer. [This post...
Sexuality and Procreation in Paradise
Was there sexuality and procreation in the Garden of Eden? The answer may not...
Food and Eating in Paradise
Why did Adam and Eve eat food in Paradise? [This post continues my discussion...
No Property in Paradise
According to Thomas Aquinas, private property did not exist in Paradise but arose only...
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...