Being and Metaphysics (Aquinas 101)

[@JCATG]

This is probably the most succinct explanation of metaphysics which helped me best to understand the subject without sacrificing the necessary rigor. Other attempts at explanation have made it more abstract than easy to grasp. Thank you so much for your work! Please keep on making these. They are all helpful for us Christians. God bless!

[@ThomisticInstitute]

God bless you too. All the best in your studies!

[@thecarlitosshow7687]

Seriously it is! you are right! I have a BA in Philosophy from a CSULB so you can already imagine that they are secular, atheist, and left winging to the core. By the way, St. Thomas Aquinas was one of my favorite Philosophers. He is read a lot in Public institutions. The problem was they did Philosophy without God, and they confused me LOL. Now I look up true philosophy and theology through religious institutions/KZbin channels which teach me way better! God Bless !

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[@giuseppedinenno9234]

The Thomistic Institute.I am asking for a prayer to eliminate discord and confusion in my marriage and with my daughter an son.Thank you!

[@ThomisticInstitute]

Prayers on the way!

[@grmalinda6251]

When you ask God to remove a mountain you best be prepared for some earth quakes.

[@eliassousa6738]

Brazil watching you! Please, don’t stop the videos

[@ThomisticInstitute]

No plans to stop any time soon . . .

[@sergiocostacouto3835]

Really wonderful! Similar to what you’ve doing in iAquinas channel, it would be very useful to have your videos subtitled in different languages. In fact , in iAquinas about 40 videos are subtitled in Portuguese already. The Dominican apostolate in internet is great! St. Dominic , St. Albert and St. Thomas Aquinas would be proud! Augere et perficere! Ut in omnibus glorificetur Deus.

[@ThomisticInstitute]

@@sergiocostacouto3835 We'd be interested in subtitling going forward if there are folks interested in supplying them. Email [e-mail] if you have ideas!

[@fagnerdouglas7543]

Deus abençoe vocês pelos vídeos

[@thefelipefreitas]

Obrigado pelos excelentes vídeos!

[@iqgustavo]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🌍 Metaphysics is the study of being, of that which exists, and seeks to understand the fundamental causes of existence. 01:23 🦘 Metaphysics involves distinguishing between different kinds of natural substances based on their properties, essences, and the reasons for their existence. 02:49 🌟 Metaphysics explores common dimensions of being, including unity, truth, goodness, and beauty, that apply to all beings, and raises questions about the nature of reality, evil, beauty, and God's role as the cause of existence. 04:37 🧭 Metaphysics is an ongoing philosophical exploration of the fundamental questions about the nature of reality, guided by thinkers like St. Thomas Aquinas. Made with HARPA AI

[@maryjohnstone4777]

Loved the video, beautifully delivered and lifts the Spirits, with the wonder of it all,our interdependency and dependency on God.

[@katolickeodpovede1779]

Thanks God for you guys. Slovakia is a watching you!

[@ThomisticInstitute]

Hey, cheers to our friends in Bratislava!

[@ThomisticInstitute]

All the best!

[@fernandolh6538]

Spain is also watching amazed and grateful!!! Greetings Slovakia, greetings also to the US! God bless the brothers ant the Aquinas Institute! Keep this teaching we need!

[@DayanaM19]

Muchas gracias por este contenido, desde Colombia😊 Thanks you so much for this series, I love it.😊

[@patflynn7525]

Brilliant stuff. Thanks for producing such a fine series.

[@ThomisticInstitute]

Thanks Pat!

[@brandonrobinson1603]

Now I have the base understanding of what the topic is but now I'm hungry to hear Aquinas' thoughts on metaphysics!

[@letdaseinlive]

Even though I have thought along with this guidance before I continue to do so anew. Let Universal thought live with all! Magisterial!

[@HumanbeingonfloatingEarth]

This is a terrific channel. Thank u Father.

[@kristindreko1998]

Thank you, may our Lord Jesus Christ bless you!

[@maryjohnstone4777]

Great! Can't wait to watch a further video! Thank you and GBU.

[@SamSamSamSameSamSamSam]

These videos are really, really good and to the point

[@ThomisticInstitute]

Thank you!

[@RK-tr4xk]

These are such wonderful videos - thank you!

[@bjm587]

it helped me a lot in my metaphysical study

[@luukzwart115]

4:05) Is 'bestaan geven' een figuurlijk synoniem van 'creëren'' of houdt het meer in dan dat? Gaat Thomisme ervan uit dat iets al bestaat voordat er bestaan aan wordt gegeven?

[@holayoufan1]

“ Because it matters what you think “

[@GeorgeAlexa]

I'm two weeks behind...excellent program.

[@ThomisticInstitute]

Let us know how it's going for you!

[@JCHjr]

Not bad for a guy who went to Andover! Thanks very much for a giving us a superb educational experience. John C. Harvey, Jr, PEA '69

[@ThomisticInstitute]

Cheers!

[@dynamic9016]

Really appreciate this video.

[@ThomisticInstitute]

We're so glad to hear it! Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. May the Lord bless you!

[@sushantikagogoi6131]

Love the design and explanation

[@ivanhamilton]

there is one reality and that reality is this world. Reality exists as an objective absolute-facts are facts, independent of man's feelings, wishes, hopes, or fears.

[@mauijttewaal]

How do you know?

[@MarianaAmozurrutia]

Wow. Beautiful.

[@ThomisticInstitute]

Thanks for watching and for your kind words. May the Lord bless you!

[@fagnerdouglas7543]

Deus abençoe vocês pelos vídeos

[@nomnombr]

Amém!

[@MichaelLevine-n6y]

This video relates to a question which puzzles me, "Why is there something rather than nothing?" This question seems risible, perhaps even a nonquestion. There would have to be something for any question to be asked. And I hope I do not seem pedantic but, "sentient" in pronounced, "sen-shent."

[@meusisto]

This is exactly the same question I have.

[@martilebowski6860]

I have just discover your channel. Thank you for your videos. What books would you recomend me concernig in Aquinas metaphysics? I have already read the first volum of the "Summa" and "On being and Essence". Maybe I should read "De veritate". Thank you from Spain. PD: In Barcelona there is a thomistic school. Experts in Aquinas like Francisco Canals and Edualdo Forment.

[@josephzammit8483]

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[@McRingil]

Great job

[@ThomisticInstitute]

Thanks for the encouragement.

[@godfreydebouillon8807]

I've started reading Ed Feser and watching this and have realized that what I learned in a public university was complete nonsense and secular academia doesn't remotely understand the thing we call "fundamental reality" very well at all.

[@ericphantri96734]

Thanks. You are saint

[@ThomisticInstitute]

Thank you for your kind words, and for taking the time to watch! May the Lord bless you!

[@kpmack0914]

One question I struggle with is how do we KNOW that lower animals are not reasoning beings? Lewis uses this as part of his theodicy in The Problem of Pain. It seems intuitive, but how do we know that, for example, a pig does not imagine and long for open fields instead of its pen?

[@meusisto]

Since the time of Ancient philosophy, it is said that pigs do have imagination. Reason is not imagination. I know this does not answer your question. I just wanted to clarify this point.

[@leomilani_gtr]

What's the metaphisical or ontological status of a hole? It is, by definition, the lack of material on a wall, but is it a being? Is it a property of a being?

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Bit random but I have to write an application for Senior Prefect at my school so I need to wow them with Thomistic Metaphysics. Also cool video I am apparently 2 hours late lucky I guess (02.10.19 11:35 PM).

[@ThomisticInstitute]

Hope the application came off well.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@ThomisticInstitute Yes it did. I actually only had it confirmed last Monday (02.12.19) so there was a long wait of about two months.They said it was much better than my previous application. I managed only to get in Actuality and the necessity of potentiality from the observation of change in the world and the principle of non-contradiction. Thank You for the videos they greatly helped.

[@Sentrakulinerikanalishlahbws]

Woww thank you.. 🎉

[@Cpripri85]

This makes my head hurt. I'm grateful for this gift of faith. Like a child, I hear the truth and go, not blindly but this is waaay to much. LoL 🤯

[@georgerobertson9703]

'The miracle is not what we are but that we are at all ( Neitzcher)

[@MarkSantosMusic]

wow!!! I can't believe you're still alive!! what's your secret to long life, Mr. Aquinas????

[@mauijttewaal]

Nice introduction and interesting questions, but I was actually waiting for the answers;-)

[@gabriell.5446]

Go within and seek.

[@eltonron1558]

Charisma, is a power, outside the understanding of science, and humanity. That's metaphysics. It's real.

[@ChrisDragotta]

Nope. Just good genes.

[@eltonron1558]

@@ChrisDragotta That's not going to sit well with sewer rats, that have charisma, nor supernatural music makers from the gutter. Genes, are a condescending irrelevance.

[@chloemines4581]

What is ultimately real? Metaphysics. Science of being. Why do things exist? What is being? What is the nature of things? Transcendental; being unity beauty goodness truth The primary cause.

[@liderod]

¡Excelente video! :)

[@ThomisticInstitute]

Thanks for watching! May the Lord bless you!

[@daniels5511]

i feel like im falling for one of his classic blunders

[@glenm5034]

The LORD Of Hosts . Meta = greater than the ordinary

[@winstonbarquez9538]

Being is reality as conceived by the mind.

[@thatchinaboi1]

No. Being is being, which is that which exists. Reality as conceived by the mind is reality as conceived by the mind, which is our subjective experiences of physical and mental phenomena. :)

[@earlduque6149]

Why is there being and not nothing???

[@yousufnazir8141]

Scientific study of God beyond the limits of physical world means the infinite supernatural force and the energy.

[@andrewferg8737]

The study of "physical world means the infinite supernatural force and the energy" also.

[@thatchinaboi1]

Metaphysics begins and ends with Our Venerable Father, the Great Parmenides.

[@georgerobertson9703]

Be still...........

[@georgerobertson9703]

Sometimes we gotta get off the 'cerebral treadmill' and allow ourselves to simply be

[@petervanvuuren2166]

Excellent. I wonder how Marx and Engels could have found fault.

[@samluke8121]

They didn't find any faults,their objective was to establish a political philosophy under the mask of sanctimony.

[@nietzschesghost8529]

We'd want to look to Kant to understand the faults of Scholastic and Early Modern metaphysics.

[@AcontecimentosposCVII]

Based

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

So if a genetic engineer crossed a kangeroo with a human, so the kangeroo could talk, read, write, do math, and use tools , and pray to God & Love Jesus - will the enhanced kangeroo Soul get to go to Heaven ?

[@alphazero5614]

No. (It has no rational soul)

[@stephenmerritt5750]

I will answer all those questions you asked, just give me a few minutes, lol!

[@patila315]

i love these videos but the more I watch the more I become confused

[@frederickanderson1860]

We exist because we had no other option. Why should the vessel say to its maker,why make me thus

[@frederiquecouture3924]

😮

[@LOVRO257]

How, according to Aquinas, the metaphysics of social reality would look like #AskAFriar

[@earlduque6149]

What is common to all? The Will of God.

[@KurtDeyoung-u9v]

Transcendental Meditation yo-yo oh dear

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[@kcrongmei6317]

Protestant christian from India...

[@michellelewis3063]

How do we know kangaroos are not rational? They make decisions to look for food, seek shade or avoid threats, they don't watch tiktok videos or spend any time worrying about tax liabilities.

[@katladyfromtheNetherlands]

I nurture my young in a pouch

[@hematophria3295]

That’s an interesting thing you said. What’s funny is words and sentences are all metaphors for something we can’t explain without metaphors. But it’s definitely funny how many things we, as humans, have in common with all other forms of life.

[@rockycomet4587]

I nurture mine in a chilled mayonnaise bottle and they subsist on a concoction of corn syrup, Worcestershire sauce, and hydrogen peroxide.

[@Enigmatic_philosopher]

Here is a philosophical critique of the ideas presented in the video "Being and Metaphysics (Aquinas 101)" from an analytic metaphysics perspective: This video provides a helpful overview of Thomas Aquinas' philosophical reflection on the concept of being. It rightly notes that metaphysics, for Aquinas, centrally concerns the nature or quiddity of being itself. However, some metaphysicians may argue thatAquinas conflates the ontology of being with theological claims about the divine nature of God as the pure actuality or ipsum esse subsistens from which all else derives its being. Analytic philosophers may critique as essentialist Aquinas' view that being is divided into categories like substance and accident. There are ongoing debates around whether categories like these reflect mind-independent structures of reality. Additionally, the video does not discuss criticisms of the principle of individuation by matter as a principle limiting a form's potential. The video maps philosophical influences on Aquinas' thought like Neoplatonism and Aristotle. But it does not examine how Aquinas' theology may have shaped his metaphysical framework. For example, his theology of divine simplicity may have motivated the actuality-potentiality distinction as a way to safeguard God's absolute perfection. Finally, the video downplays alternative metaphysical systems, like process metaphysics, that reject facets of Aquinas' ontology. It could have acknowledged ongoing philosophical disagreement around metaphysical first principles, essentialism, and the nature and structure of reality itself. In summary, while clarifying Aquinas' metaphysical insights, the video presents his perspectives definitively without sufficiently addressing lively philosophical counterarguments around these core issues in metaphysics from various metaphysical traditions. A more balanced presentation would have acknowledged such interpretive complexities and disputes.

[@colleenplatt8168]

Remember: it's only a 5 minute and 07 second video. Can't say what all needs to be said in such a short time. 😊

[@AntiCitizenX]

I find it genuinely adorable that you people think metaphysics is a serious field of study. It’s not. It’s a laughing stock in academia. Many prominent philosophers have gone on record deriding metaphysics as a complete waste of time.

[@godfreydebouillon8807]

Statements like "laws of math are universal" or ",the truth of propositions are universal" are METAPHYSICAL groundings for all of science and academia, and those statements have zero empirical evidence, zero scientific evidence, and it's not even theoretically possible that they ever could have any. They are metaphysically necessary propositions that ALL of academia just assumes are true bc Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas said so. Go away atheist, you are utterly irrational. Your satanic drivel has no power here. Why not just state what is obvious, "I have no idea what Metaphysics really means".

[@AluminiumT6]

Cope and seethe.

[@AntiCitizenX]

@@AluminiumT6 Mindless meme words will not save you from the irrelevance of metaphysics, my friend.

[@AluminiumT6]

@@AntiCitizenX Sorry but the works of Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, and all of the western tradition are not irrelevant. You are irrelevant.

[@AluminiumT6]

@@AntiCitizenX "Laughing stock in academia" - Plato founded the original Academy in Athens, after which "academia" is named. So you're a very silly ridiculous person, and illiterate. 😂💀

[@ONE_OF_MANY-MANY_OF_ONE]

I'm here because of One. I'm trying to identify the religion thereof One. The One is the many and the many is the One. The one is what Christians call God. The One dislikes that identity and prefers One if to be described as thereof. The One say God is is nothing but a misinterpretation of the true name of One. God is a pluralization of God's. The One say's The God identity is a means of control of Kings and Queens. The misinterpreted King James version Bible is a good example of this. It's nothing more than a format of a means to control. The One say's it orders One as a identity of spoken word. But in all reality the true name of One is not of spoken word but that of an emotional response thereof. It's that of contentment and that of unconditional love. To speak on to One is to speak that of true heart. In doing so the One hears those greatly to those who speak the One's true name. The one is the Alpha and the Omega. The one is in all. Everything gives off vibrational energies. The one See's through our eyes and lives through out our lives. The one is everything, everywhere, everyone. The One knows no bounds. For we are many and many of One. The One speaks to me and I've spoken to One. The One has told me to speak the One's message. The shows us who our true selves are. Most don't listen because they are not awakend to such things. Because of the Law of Freewill the One can only guide us. For help we must help ourselves. If spoken to out abounds of freewill comes at a cost. There must always be balance. To which are miracles is that action thereof that bends the Law of Freewill. It creates unbalance. To make it right something has to be given in return. Angels give great sacrifice in preforming miracles. The one spoke to my higher self and I'm intuned to receiving the messages thereof. The One keeps balance in doing so. The One told me to tell all of this. About One and the true name of One to ask One to find what you seek inside yourself. It's not through others, but that which comes from self. Ask and thou shall receive. Speak true from heart and all shall present that of true love light. Thank you for you being you in this now moment existance. The One is the many and the many is the One.

[@kevinpulliam3661]

The one is Neoplatonist BS. Read some Aquinas

[@helpmaboabb]

Unfortunately, for this celibate, intellectual priestly class, dressed in 7th century clothes, the answer is already God - whatever the question - so I continue to wonder what is the purpose of these allegedly philosophical treatments.

[@mhdfrb9971]

Cope

[@kevinpulliam3661]

Yes the answer is God because God is necessary for there to be anything at all

[@helpmaboabb]

@@kevinpulliam3661 why is it necessary for there to be anything at all other than God? If it's not, then it's God's choice and we're all - angels and humans -on some ghastly conveyor belt of individual testing because of that choice. If it is necessary then how can this align to an omnipotent God?

[@kevinpulliam3661]

@@helpmaboabb our universe full of contingent things doesn’t have to exist, it only exists because of God who’s essence is existence

[@helpmaboabb]

@@kevinpulliam3661 you didn't answer the simple question why