Wie man es liest
- 1Distinguish dependence in being from a first moment in time.
- 2Notice what Aquinas says reason can and cannot prove.
- 3Read it with the doctrine of creation in mind.
Philosophical treatise
De aeternitate mundi
Aquinas asks whether reason can prove the world had a temporal beginning and argues that temporal beginning is known by faith.
Datierung
c. 1270
Warum es wichtig ist
It carefully distinguishes creation from temporal beginning and shows Aquinas refusing weak demonstrations.