BONUM SEQUITUR ESSE
Journal Title: Studia Gilsoniana - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue
Abstract
The article discusses the connection of the good with being along three steps. First, it briefly considers the history of the word “good” to see what is hidden behind it and to what one should direct his or her thoughts and searches. Second, it looks at the beginning of inquiries on the nature and sources of the good. Three, it analyzes the originality of one of the most interesting solutions in this controversy surrounding the good, which appeared in the thirteenth century and which was contained in the short sentence, “bonum sequitur esse rei”—the good is a consequence of the existence of a thing.
Authors and Affiliations
Andrzej Maryniarczyk
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