| Philosophy 43151 Third Paper -- Due December 7 Papers will be 6-7 pages in length, double spaced and in an 11-point or 12-point proportional font. |
| Your
third writing assignment, should you choose to accept it, is on
the human being as an image of God. (Remember that you are
allowed to propose your own alternative topic -- in writing.) The relevant reading is Summa Theologiae 1, q. 93. You should also read my short guide to the Trinity and Summa Theologiae 1, q. 35, "The Person of the Son: The Name 'Image'." What I want you to do is to lay out (a) St. Thomas's articulation of the distinction between an image and a likeness (arts. 1, 2, and 9), (b) the senses in which human beings are images of God to a greater degree and to a lesser degree than the angels (art. 3), (c) the different possible degrees of the image of God in human beings (art. 4), (d) St. Thomas's answer to the question of whether the image of God is found in human beings only in relation to the nature or essence of God or also in relation to the persons of the Holy Trinity (arts. 5-8). Finally, |