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July 22, 2021

The Sum Total of Our Disagreements: The Common Good and Liberal Governance | Prof. Joseph Capizzi

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Prof. Capizzi delivered this lecture as part of the Thomistic Circles Conference titled "What is the Common Good?" (Feb. 26-28). The common good is both one (in the sense of indivisible)…

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July 15, 2021

Some Reflections on the Common Good in Modern Catholic Social Doctrine | Prof. Russell Hittinger

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Common good of a human society is a duplex ordo, a two-fold order. If you don’t get both, you’re going to make a mess of things. For human beings, social union—the…

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July 12, 2021

The Role of Belief in Science w/ Prof. Karin Öberg (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Faith and reason are not opposites, but rather are two different ways of coming to know the truth. The Role of Belief in Science (Aquinas 101) For readings, podcasts, and more…

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July 8, 2021

How Common is Your Good? | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P.

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Commonness is not only the ontological foundation of family and political life, it constitutes the ladder on which the intellectual creature climbs knowingly and lovingly to God. For the sake of…

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June 28, 2021

What Is Faith? (Aquinas 101)

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June 14, 2021

Quantum Mechanics and the Principle of Non-Contradiction (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Quantum Mechanics is weird and counterintuitive, but it is not contradictory. Fr. Davenport breaks down the famous "Schroedingers' Cat" thought experiment and shows that a traditional understanding of truth and falsity…

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June 1, 2021

Does the Universe Have a Purpose? (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Modern science assumes final causality in nature. Teleology in Modern Science (Aquinas 101) - Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P. For readings, podcasts, and more videos like this, go to http://www.Aquinas101.com. While you’re…

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May 17, 2021

Final Causality (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 The world in which we live is not at bottom a world of chance or chaos. Final Causality (Aquinas 101) - Fr. James Brent, O.P. For readings, podcasts, and more videos…

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May 13, 2021

The Contemplative Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Contemplative Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Fr. James Brent, O.P. Subscribe to our channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheThomisticInstitute?sub_confirmation=1 Stay connected on social media: https://www.facebook.com/ThomisticInstitute https://www.instagram.com/thomisticinstitute https://twitter.com/thomisticInst Visit us at: https://thomisticinstitute.org/

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May 10, 2021

Science Needs Interpretation (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Everyone agrees that the Bible requires interpretation, and so too does science. Science Needs Interpretation (Aquinas 101) - Fr. James Brent, O.P. For readings, podcasts, and more videos like this, go…

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May 3, 2021

Scientific Evidence Against Reductionism (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 The dream of complete reductionism is still just a dream. Scientific Evidence Against Reductionism (Aquinas 101) - Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P. For readings, podcasts, and more videos like this, go to…

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April 29, 2021

St. Thomas Aquinas on the Act of Faith - Prof. Reinhard Huetter

St. Thomas Aquinas on the Act of Faith - Prof. Reinhard Huetter Subscribe to our channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheThomisticInstitute?sub_confirmation=1 Stay connected on social media: https://www.facebook.com/ThomisticInstitute https://www.instagram.com/thomisticinstitute https://twitter.com/thomisticInst Visit us at: https://thomisticinstitute.org/

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April 26, 2021

Substantial Form (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Science does not deny substantial form, but rather welcomes it. Substantial Form (Aquinas 101) - Fr. James Brent, O.P. For readings, podcasts, and more videos like this, go to http://www.Aquinas101.com. While…

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April 20, 2021

Against Physicalist Reductionism (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 What about the position that the ultimate explanation of everything is not the Divine Mind, but simply material things, space, time, various forces, and brute factual laws? Is that a reasonable…

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April 13, 2021

Friendship and Social Media: Is Virtuous Virtual Friendship Possible? - Prof. John Cuddeback

Friendship and Social Media: Is Virtuous Virtual Friendship Possible? - Prof. John Cuddeback Subscribe to our channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheThomisticInstitute?sub_confirmation=1 Stay connected on social media: https://www.facebook.com/ThomisticInstitute https://www.instagram.com/thomisticinstitute https://twitter.com/thomisticInst Visit us at: https://thomisticinstitute.org/

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April 12, 2021

The Scientific Method: Common Objections to Faith w/ Prof. Karin Öberg (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Can science be used to disprove the God-theory? The Scientific Method: Common Objections to Faith (Aquinas 101) - Prof. Karin Öberg For readings, podcasts, and more videos like this, go to…

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March 30, 2021

The Scientific Method: Its Benefits and Limitations w/ Prof. Karin Öberg (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 The scientific method has been wonderful at advancing our understanding of the material world, but it is far from the only source of knowledge. The Scientific Method: Its Benefits and Limitations…

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March 25, 2021

"Theology: the Judge of All Human Knowledge"- Prof. Gregory LaNave

"Theology: the Judge of All Human Knowledge" - Prof. Gregory LaNave Subscribe to our channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheThomisticInstitute?sub_confirmation=1 Stay connected on social media: https://www.facebook.com/ThomisticInstitute https://www.instagram.com/thomisticinstitute https://twitter.com/thomisticInst Visit us at: https://thomisticinstitute.org/

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March 23, 2021

Does Science Explain Everything? (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Science is not an adequate compass to life. It was never meant to be. Science can tell us how to build a nuclear bomb, for example, but cannot tell us whether…

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March 16, 2021

Science and the Search for Wisdom (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Many people have the impression that the natural world is all there is, and that science explains it all. Is that true? Isn’t there something more, something higher, than this world?…

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March 10, 2021

Does Science Contradict Faith? | Welcome to Aquinas 101: Science & Faith

🎥, Keep the Aquinas 101 cameras rolling! Donate $5 today: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 Does neuroscience show that you don’t have a soul? Has quantum mechanics proven that free will is an illusion? Does Science Contradict Faith? | Trailer for Aquinas 101: Science & Faith Enroll in our NEW Aquinas 101: Science and…

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March 10, 2021

Are Science and Faith at Odds? | Aquinas 101: Science & Faith Launch Q&A

Are Science and Faith at Odds? | Aquinas 101: Science & Faith Launch Q&A - Fr. Dominic Legge, Prof. Karin Öberg, & Fr. Jordan Schmidt Watch the trailer for Aquinas 101: Science & Faith here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPETuoPG0ZQ&t=128s Join the Thomistic Institute for an online launch event for Aquinas 101: Science and…

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March 1, 2021

The Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 When the Holy Spirit comes to us, He bestows sanctifying grace on the soul, which includes the three theological virtues of faith, hope and love. At the same time, the Holy…

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Feb. 15, 2021

The Connection of the Virtues (Aquinas 101)

⭐️ Donate $5 to help keep these videos FREE for everyone! Pay it forward for the next viewer: https://go.thomisticinstitute.org/donate-youtube-a101 At first glance, it might appear that the moral virtues are not connected to each other. St. Thomas Aquinas holds that as the moral virtues progress toward their perfect expression, they…

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