This philosopher argued that just as eyes are colorless so that they may understand colors, the mind is immaterial so as to understand materiality.
This philosopher argued that just as eyes are colorless so that they may understand colors, the mind is immaterial so as to understand materiality. John Haldane and Anthony Kenny are leaders of a movement that attempts to fuse this man's thought with analytic philosophy. He used the example of healthy urine vs. healthy bodies to distinguish between forms of "analogical predication." Building on Avicenna, this philosopher claimed that essence is dependent on but not synonymous with existence, except in the case of God. A work divided into three parts and 512 questions includes the degrees of perfection and the argument from prime motion as two of his Five Ways to prove the existence of God. For 10 points, name this Catholic scholastic philosopher of the Summa theologica.
This philosopher argued that just as eyes are colorless so that they may understand colors, the mind is immaterial so as to understand materiality.
St. Thomas Aquinas [or Tommaso d'Aquino]