Modeling the Inorganic World: De principiis naturae by Thomas Aquinas and The Modeling of Nature by William A. Wallace
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https://doi.org/10.53439/stdfyt55.28.2025.55-80Keywords:
De principiis naturae , William A. Wallace , physics, model, prime matterAbstract
We apply the fundamental concepts of Thomistic natural philosophy to the synthesis of discoveries in the natural sciences as modeled by William A. Wallace. We begin with the physical synthesis developed by Thomas Aquinas in De principiis naturae, and seek to apply the hylomorphic model to the understanding of the natural phenomena studied by the sciences. In this way, we discuss the substantial condition of atoms and their components, focusing especially on two aspects: their mode of being and the stability of this condition, while emphasizing the usefulness of an analogous consideration of material causality.
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