Cornelio Fabro
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In the Dialogue of Comfort (II, 1: 82/17-21), Antony and Vincent discuss “Whether a man may not in tribulation use some worldly recreation for his comfort,” and make an explicit reference to the auctoritas of St. Thomas Aquinas. The paper... more
The notion of “self” in Cornelio Fabro constitutes a point of convergence between Thomistic anthropological principles and the concept of subjectivity in Kierkegaard. This article analyzes the integration of these two influences through a... more
For students of Thomas Aquinas, Cornelio Fabro is well known for his thorough examinations of Thomas’s doctrine of participation. Less well known, however, is Fabro’s occasional reference to a doppia, or double, participation of the... more
Questo articolo semplice riprende il testo di una conferenza tenuta a Tuscania (Lazio), il 22 maggio 2014. Non pretende altro che abbozzare la struttura fondamentale della soluzione che la metafisica dell'essere intensivo offre all'enigma... more
Ciò che mi prefiggo con questo scritto è di analizzare la struttura di un esperimento mentale in modo da comprendere se e come sia usabile per stabilire la verità o meno di una tesi. Cercherò quindi di vedere i vari aspetti che sono... more
Alasdair MacIntyre’s seminal work After Virtue, first published in 1981, provided invaluable contributions to a resurgent virtue theory and critique of the Enlightenment project. The idea of narrative at heart of this proposal has also... more
Cet article, publié originalement dans la "Revue thomiste", a été traduit en espagnol pour la revue "Diálogo" par le P. José Gabriel Ansaldi, que nous voudrions vivement remercier ici. Nous exposons dans ce travail les deux « résolutions... more
In this paper, we study the relationship between the metaphysic of participation and the hermeneutic of Vatican II. In the first part, we propose an outline of the metaphysical notion of participation according to Thomas Aquinas and... more
Ce Mémoire de métaphysique fut dirigé par le P. Alain Contat. Il retrace la notion thomiste de l'être en reprenant l'interprétation de Cornelio Fabro. Cette compréhension de l'être comme intensif et émergeant ouvre la porte à une lecture... more
Bonum is a primitive notion that is known in the very act of experiencing desire or appetite. It is, therefore, an undeniable fact that many things—substances, qualities, actions—exercise an attraction and can be characterized as “good.”... more
This study intends to present, analyse and evaluate the fairly divergent interpretations elaborated by experts studying St. Thomas, from the 1930s onwards, with regard to his doctrine of analogy, particularly in the transcendental context... more
The term “participation” as I am are concerned with it in this thesis signifies the package of relations forming a structure of dependence between the manifold of inferior subjects and the higher source of their similitude or nature.... more
The purpose of this article is to present Cornelio Fabro’s claim that for Aquinas being (ens) is grasped by the intellect’s first operation. Otherwise, he maintains, any other possibility, such as judgment regarding the existence of a... more
CORNELIO FABRO, Momenti dello Spirito II, Assisi 1983, 35-41
Tesina de Licencia presentada en la Facultad de Filosofía de la Pontificia Universidad Lateranense (Roma) en el año 2008. Dirigida por el prof. Dr. Antonio Livi. Se intenta mostrar como Fabro resuelve las distintas dialécticas del acto... more
Un estudio comparativo sobre la doctrina de la analogia entis en la escuela del tomismo formalista entre Tomás de Vío, Card. Cayetano y el P. Santiago Ramírez, O. P. y una propuesta conclusivo-resolutiva para resolver el problema desde la... more
Resumen Traducción del francés del estudio La constitution de l"étant dans le thomisme contemporain: Tomas Tyn, Johann Baptist Lotz, Cornelio Fabro, publicado originalmente en M. Raffray (dir.): Actus essendi. Saint Thomas d"Aquin et ses... more
While Aquinas sees himself as a faithful interpreter of Boethius so much so that he repeatedly cites him as an authority in his whole corpus, scholars such as Roland- Gosselin, Brosch, Fabro and Geiger claim that Aquinas took a colossal... more
L’Europa sembra in crisi ma non ogni crisi è anche un declino inevitabile. Al fine di comprendere se il genio europeo od occidentale abbia un futuro è necessario descrivere la genesi e lo sviluppo storici di questo improprio “continente... more
This study, on Thomas Aquinas’ doctrine on the transcendentals, is both epistemological and metaphysical. From the epistemological point of view, we want to determine if and how the sequence subiectum / principia subiecti / passiones... more
This paper presents an analysis of North American Thomists, specifically according to their consideration of the place of the doctrine of the divine ideas in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. The thesis is that this consideration can be... more
Ponencia presentada en la XXXVII Semana Tomista, septiembre 2012, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina Santa María de los Buenos Aires.
Printed version of 2007 paper, with the following note added: in recent work Twetten maintains that most of the nine arguments succeed if Aquinas has cogently proved his prior real distinction between supposit and essence.
In this study, we have sought to establish if and how the metaphysics of participation can offer a valid instrument for the “hermeneutics of reform in continuity”, which Pope Benedict XVI encouraged for a correct understanding of Vatican... more
Planteamiento del estado de la cuestión del tema del conocimiento intelectual del singular en santo Tomás de Aquino.
Introducción a "La actualidad del ser en la “Primera Escuela” de Salamanca. Con lecciones inéditas de Vitoria, Soto y Cano", Eunsa (“Colección de Pensamiento Medieval y Renacentista”), Pamplona, 2004, 515 págs. Sólo índice e introducción.... more
Pre-publication draft, please cite the published version. In this introduction, I attempt to do three things: (i) to introduce briefly Fabro’s Thomistic approach to Kierkegaard’s writings; (ii) to highlight the ecumenical aspects of... more
This paper considers the relevance of the theory of the cogitative power in Aquinas, as highlighted by Cornelio Fabro during his early research in the fourth decade of the past century, in contemporary neuropsychological studies, and... more
Este trabajo procura recordar el trabajo que los tomistas del siglo XX desarrollaron para reinterpretar la tradición del Doctor Angélico, en uno de los temas más famosos de la metafísica: Las pruebas de la existencia de Dios. Por ello,... more
Catholic Theology after Kierkegaard investigates the writings of emblematic Catholic thinkers in the twentieth century to assess their substantial engagement with Kierkegaard's writings. Joshua Furnal argues that Kierkegaard's writings... more
Dans cette étude dédiée à la constitution intégrale de l'étant au sens fort, c'est-à-dire de la substance en acte, nous montrons d’abord que les textes de saint Thomas semblent laisser quatre problèmes ouverts : • En quoi consiste... more
Una aproximación al proceso de percepción desde Fabro y Merleau-Ponty.
Dans cette étude, qui fait suite à d'autres travaux sur les convergences et les divergences entre les thomistes du XXe siècle, nous avons voulu offrir aux lecteurs de la revue Espíritu une brève comparaison structurelle entre la... more