Study Guide-Exam 3
I. You should be able to identify and provide brief answers about the following.
 
   
John Scotus Eriugena on Being Anselm's first argument Anselm's second argument
Abelard on agreement among things Avicenna on the potential, actual, and agent intellects Avicenna on the temporal origin of the soul
Averroes on Islamic consensus Averroes on the three classes of being Maimonides on affirmative attribution
Maimonides on divine attributes Maimonides on negative attribution  
  Bonaventure on light of mechanical arts Bonaventure on light of sense perception
Bonaventure on light of philosophical perception Bonaventure on light of Sacred Scripture Bonaventure on the pattern of human life
Aquinas on self-evidence of God's existence Aquinas on two types of demonstration Argument from motion
Argument from efficient causality Argument from possibility and necessity Argument from gradations
Argument from governance
     
II. You will be asked to write an essay of 300-400 words on one of the following.
  1. How does Thomas make use of Aristotle's arguments regarding the unmoved mover?
  2. What are the relative merits of Anselm's ontological arguments and Thomas' five ways?
  3. What are the strengths and weaknesses of Avicenna's doctrine of the soul?
  4. How does neo-platonism continue to influence philosophy in the middle ages?
  5. How does Aristotelianism continue to influence philosophy in the middle ages?