ON THE PROOF OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD IN DE ENTE ET ESSENTIA (original) (raw)

2018, INTERDISCIPLINARY: UNDERGRADUATE JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

The present study is on an early metaphysical treatise written by Thomas Aquinas, called De Ente et Essentia. The objective of the paper is threefold. First, it is to provide an explication of the three major terms used in the treatise, namely essence (essentia), being (ens), and existence (esse). Second, based on the distinction made between essence (essentia) and existence (esse) especially, it is to elaborate on the argument for a proof of