Abstraction (Lat. abs, from trahere, to draw). Abstraction is a process (or a faculty) by which the mind selects for consideration some one of the attributes of a thing to the exclusion of the rest. With some writers, including the Scholastics, the attributes selected for attention are said to be abstracted; with others, as Kant … Continue reading “Abstraction”
Abstractio intellectus seu rationis
Abstractio intellectus seu rationis According to the Scholastics the highest degree of abstraction is that of reason which abstracts not only matter and its presence, but also from its appendices, that is, its sensible conditions and properties, considering essence or quiddity alone. — J.J.R. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Abstractio imaginationis
Abstractio imaginationis According to the Scholastics a degree of abstraction below that of reason and above that of the senses, which do abstract from matter, but not from the presence of matter, whereas the imagination abstracts even from the presence of matter, but not from its appendices, or sensible qualities. — J.J.R. Fuente: The Dictionary … Continue reading “Abstractio imaginationis”
Abstracta
Abstracta Such neutral, purely denotative entities as qualities, numbers, relations, logical concepts, appearing neither directly nor literally in time. (Broad) — H.H. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Abstract
Abstract (Lat. ab, from + trahere, to draw) A designation applied to a partial aspect or quality considered in isolation from a total object, which is, in contrast, designated concrete. — L.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Abstinents
ABSTINENTS A set of heretics that appeared in France and Spain about the end of the third century. They are supposed to have borrowed part of their opinions from the Gnostics and Manichaeans, because they opposed marriage, condemned the use of flesh meat, and placed the Holy Ghost in the class of created beings. Fuente: … Continue reading “Abstinents”
Abstinence, Total
Abstinence, Total From intoxicating beverages. General references Lev 10:8-10; Num 6:3-4; Jdg 13:4; Jdg 13:13-14; Est 1:8; Pro 23:20; Pro 23:31-32; Pro 31:4; Jer 35:6-8; Jer 35:14; Luk 1:15 Temperance Instances of: – Israelites in the wilderness Deu 29:6 – Samson Jdg 16:17; Jdg 13:3-5; Jdg 13:13-14; Num 6:3-4 – Daniel Dan 1:8; Dan 1:12 … Continue reading “Abstinence, Total”
Abstinence, Physical Effects of
Abstinence, Physical Effects of The effects on the human system of abstinence from flesh meats divide themselves naturally and logically into two parts: Effects due to total abstinence (in other words vegetarianism); Effects due to partial or periodic abstinence, such as is enjoined by the Catholic Church. These abstinences comprise the fish observance of Fridays, … Continue reading “Abstinence, Physical Effects of”
Abstinence, Law of
Abstinence, Law of Regards only quality of food, is binding on all those who have completed their seventh year, and forbids the eating of flesh-meat or soup made from meat, but not the use of eggs, milk, butter, cheese, or of condiments made from animal fat. The prohibition against eating fish and flesh at the … Continue reading “Abstinence, Law of”
Abstinence
Abstinence Introduction.-The whole of morality on its negative side may be included under Abstinence. Christian moral progress (sanctification) includes a holding fast () of the good, and an abstaining from () every form of evil (1Th 5:21 f.). While Christianity has general laws to distinguish the good from the bad, yet for each individual Christian … Continue reading “Abstinence”