The notion of coelementatio in the "Commentary on the Metaphysics (XII, 7)" of Thomas Aquinas

  • Francisco León Florido Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Keywords: order, participation, συστοιχία, coelementatio, ordered series.

Abstract

The purpose of this essay is to show the importance of the Aquinas’s commentary to the Chapter XII, 7 of the Aristotle’s Metaphysics. Aristotle describes the notion of universal order, by a certain doctrine of participation. In this chapter appears the term συστοιχία, which is usually translated as the Pythagorean «series of opposites». In his commentary, Thomas Aquinas translates συστοιχία as coelementatio, which seems to affirm the meaning of an ordered theological series.

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Published
2014-07-07
How to Cite
León Florido F. (2014). The notion of coelementatio in the "Commentary on the Metaphysics (XII, 7)" of Thomas Aquinas. Logos. Anales del Seminario de Metafísica, 47, 111-133. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ASEM.2014.v47.45804
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