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MOKSLINË MINTIS
ÐV. TOMO AKVINIEÈIO
TEOLOGINËS KALBOS REIKÐMINGUMAS
The Meaningfulness of Theological Language
in St Thomas Aquinas
SUMMARY
This article deals with the problem of meaning in the language of theology. The author’s considerations
are based on methods of analytical philosophy, especially on the insights of Bertrand Russell. The
Thomistic concept of God is shown as problematic and the possibility of speaking about God as being
determined by human epistemological conditions. Speaking of Unknowable God presupposes the use
of apophatic language. However, Aquinas’ theory of language lets him solve the dilemma which arises
between affirmative and negative theology. The way of speaking about God proposed by Aquinas is
analogy, which enables him to establish a kind of harmony between doctrinal and mystical aspects of
theology. At the end of the article, the hypothetical character of existential propositions concerning
God in Aquinas is investigated.
ANALOGIJA KAIP TEOLOGINËS KALBOS PROBLEMOS SPRENDIMAS
Sakoma, kad analogiðkai bûna pavadinti
tie daiktai, kurie turi bendrà vardà,
þymintá nei visiðkai tà paèià, nei visiðkai
skirtingà ratio 76 . Èia nesigilinsime á gerai
þinomà tomistinëje literatûroje ginèà, kuriam
pradþià davë, viena vertus, Cajeta-
MARIJA ONIÐÈIK
Vytauto Didþiojo universitetas
no analogijos interpretacija, antra vertus,
paties Tomo tekstø poþiûrio skirtumai.
Veikale De veritate Tomas aiðkina analogijà
pagal proporcingumo modelá tiesiogine
aristoteline analogijos prasme 77 . Kai
kurie mano, kad vëliau Tomas, supratæs
RAKTAÞODÞIAI. Teologinë kalba, Dievo sàvoka, reikðmë, analogija, egzistencinë propozicija.
KEY WORDS. Theological language, concept of God, meaning, analogy, existential proposition.
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