La cantidad virtual (quantitas virtualis) según Tomás de Aquino
Abstract
Thomas Aquinas distinguishes quantity as a predicament (quantitas dimensiva) from the mesure of the perfection of a being, which is called virtual quantity (quantitas virtualis or virtutis). Aquinas applies the concept of virtual quantity to the essence, being and operation. This is a central notion in Thomas Aquinas’ metaphysics of participation, for participation is like taking a “part” of a hole and that part represents a certain amount of perfection. Hence virtual quantity relates to the concept of virtus essendi. From virtual quantity emanates other concepts: virtual equality, virtual contact, virtual location, virtual distance, etc, that reflects the richness of Aquinas’ coneption of qualitative and spiritual world.
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