Abstract

FERREIRA, Anselmo Tadeu. Thomas aquinas and the question of Meno. Educação e Filosofia [online]. 2016, vol.30, n.60, pp.951-978. ISSN 1982-596x.  https://doi.org/10.14393/REVEDFIL.issn.0102-6801.v30n60a2016-p951a978.

Our purpose in this article is to present the result of a comparative reading of the commentaries by Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Robert Grosseteste (1168 - 1252) and Albert the Great (1220-1280) on Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics. We do intend to evaluate the position of Thomas Aquinas about the Aristotelian theory of science comparing it with his immediate predecessors on this task. We put in advance that, due to the extension of the work, this article deals with just a little portion of the text, that is, that part where Aristotle discusses about the prerequisites of science and where the so called “question of Meno” is taken and solved, themes presented in the first chapter of the Posterior Analytics.

Keywords : Medieval Philosophy; Tomism; Aristotelian Commentaries; Science in the Middle Ages.

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