The limits of hilemorphism and the transubstantiation in Tomas Aquinas
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Eucharist, Change, ConversionAbstract
The problem that this paper deals with is that of transubstantiation as addressed by Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274). Firstly, the relevance of the theme to the History of Philosophy is demonstrated by explaining the vocabulary and conceptual framework used to treat it from prior to the University's appearance until the beginning of modernity. Moreover, it is presented that Thomas contributes to the conciliation between this article of faith and his Philosophy of Nature, using the vocabulary and extrapolating the domain of Aristotelian physics when it does not seem to accommodate the explanation for the phenomenon that occurs in the
sacrament of Eucharist. Thus, some points of conflict are highlighted in which the author expands the domain of Aristotle's theses of physics to produce a philosophy that reconciles the Christian faith with ancient reason, such as: the postulation of the existence of movement (conversion) within the substance, the change in the relationship between substance and subject, the necessity (or not) of a common subject between bread and body and the change in the relationship between presence and place.
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