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Obediential potency in Francisco Suarez' De beatitudine

Authors

SÁNCHEZ LÓPEZ, JOSÉ CARLOS

External publication

No

Means

Espiritu

Scope

Article

Nature

Científica

JCR Quartile

✗

SJR Quartile

✗

SJR Impact

0.105

Publication date

01/01/2020

ISI

000610104500004

Abstract

The aim of this article is to introduce Francisco Suarez's definition of obediential potency in the context of one of his first essays: De beatitudine. When analysing this notion, we are able to understand the link between deity and human agency, and also give account of Suarez's progressive distancing from Aristotle and Aquinas. His conception of obediential potency manifests the novelty of his philosophical system, where human autonomy and will are highlighted, and, at the same time, it represents the confluence point of his metaphysical, theological and ethical theses.

Keywords

Obediential potency; Freedom; Causality; Beatitude