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Medieval Thought and Contemporary Times

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Medieval Thought and Contemporary Times

Thomas Aquinas conceives the world as determined by a certain of things shaped in no small way through the participation of human

beings in providence or in the eternal law (Smith . To this extent , it can be assumed that Aquinas ' perception of the world is in conjunction to what appears to be a form of direction , characterized mainly by man 's nature and his inclination to achieve his ed end . Of course , this movement towards one 's end is founded on the assumption that the of the things in the world is created in such a way that they reflect this `progress ' towards the man 's end or goal ?pendency rests on the family . Hence , the end of man in both the contexts of Susser and Aquinas is to follow the eternal and immutable of things ' as a social animal in a community of families

In the context of the contemporary society , it can be maintained that the importance of the family has been sustained throughout the years manifested in various ways such as the laws that bind people to regale the family as the core unit of the state . Indeed , there is strong reason to believe that a large majority of the nations in the contemporary world give due significance to `family ' and , as such , Aquinas perception that man as a social animal who is born , raised , and survives in the community of families is sustained . The nature of a single man just like the rest of all humanity , is to exist in such a continuity of life in the society . As a whole , it reflects the eternal and immutable of things (Susser

Moreover , Susser argues that human social mirrored the absolute , God-willed , universal of all things (Susser ' This is in parallel to St . Augustine 's conception of the human condition such that as God 's creations , the fate of human beings have already been determined by God (Wolfskeel ' whose eternal knowledge of things has already identified the very qualities of people and the decisions they will make in life . If this is the case , then it can be maintained that the very social upon which man is situated and confined is also a product of God 's will and is , therefore , bound to be determined according to how God has ed things

Indeed , if human beings are determined by the eternal and universal knowledge of God and if human beings comprise the large part , if not the whole , of the society , then it should be the case that human social mirrored the absolute , God-willed , universal of...