Autor: Lonergan, Bernard J.F.

Buch: The Trinune God: Systematics

Titel: The Triune God: Systematics

Stichwort: Der Akt des Verstehens 2 - Notion des Objekts; Objekt: aktive - passive Potenz

Kurzinhalt: Therefore an object can be either a mover that brings about an act in a potency, or a term produced by an act, or the end to which a potency tends through acts.

Textausschnitt: 1 The Notion of Object

561b Object is defined by St Thomas in terms of a causal relation to potency and to act. Therefore an object can be either a mover that brings about an act in a potency, or a term produced by an act, or the end to which a potency tends through acts. (Fs)

Summa theologiae, 1, q. 77, a. 3 c: 'Every action belongs either to an active potency or to a passive potency. But an object is to the act of a passive potency as principle and moving cause; for color is the principle of vision insofar as it moves the faculty of sight. But an object is to the act of an active potency as term and end; as the object of the faculty of growth is achieving its due quantity, which is the end of growth.' (notabene)

See also De veritate, q. 16, a. 1, ad 13m; In II De anima, lect. 6, §305; Quaestiones disputatae De anima, a. 13 c; Summa tkeologiae, 1-2, q. 18, a. 2, ad 3m; Theological Studies 8:3 (1947) 433-37 [Verbum 138-43]. (Fs)
561c It follows, then, that the notion of object is not a primitive notion but is reducible to the notions of potency, act, mover, and end or term. Therefore, do not talk about attaining an object without having thought about which clearly defined relation you are referring to. (Fs)

561c It follows, then, that the notion of object is not a primitive notion but is reducible to the notions of potency, act, mover, and end or term. Therefore, do not talk about attaining an object without having thought about which clearly defined relation you are referring to. (Fs)