O QUE É METAFÍSICA? - A visão de São Tomás de Aquino

This aims to clarify the notion of metaphysics according to Saint Thomas Aquinas, mainly that this science studies being as being. Subscribe to the 25-topic course on Saint Thomas Aquinas (Thomist Apprentice):    / @canalaquinate   Facebook:   / canalaquinate   Instagram:   / canalaquinate   Twitter:   / canalaquinate   Quoted texts: “Other sciences, which are about particular beings, do indeed consider being, as all the subjects of the sciences are beings, but they do not consider being according to what it is, but according to what it is such a being, namely, either number, or line, or fire, or something similar.” (In Met., IV, 1, 2) “No science of the particular considers universal being as such, but only some part of being distinct from the others; concerning which it considers the proper accident, as the mathematical sciences consider a certain being, namely, quantitative being. However, common science considers universal being according to what it is being. Therefore, it is not one of the other particular sciences.” (In Met., IV, 1, 4) “It shows that this science, which is about first things, has being as its subject, for this reason. Every principle is in itself a principle and a cause of some nature. Now, we seek the first principles of things and the highest causes, as was said in the first book. Therefore, they are in themselves the cause of some nature. But they are nothing but being. Therefore, it is clear that all philosophers, who seek the elements, insofar as they are beings, seek such principles, namely, the first and highest. Therefore, in this science, we seek the principles of ‘being as being’. Therefore, being is the subject of this science, because any science investigates the proper causes of its subject.” (In Met., IV, 1, 5) Book cited: THOMAS AQUINAS. Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics I-IV: volume I. Edition and translation by Paulo Faitanin and Bernardo Veiga. Campinas: Vide Editoral. 2016. Purchase link for "Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics – Volume 1" (Amazon-Brazil) related to the cited text: Publisher: https://amzn.to/3l1P8R4