RE: Thomism: Then & Now
October 14, 2021 at 3:34 pm
(This post was last modified: October 14, 2021 at 3:34 pm by HappySkeptic.)
(October 14, 2021 at 3:26 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Requirements is good. I kinda like necessary and sufficient condions. That might work for any cause considered essential.
I think the difference is that requirements are general statements, while causes are specific.
For a star to shine there must be hydrogen, but there doesn't need to be hydrogen everywhere -- just in that star. The cause of the star shining is the hydrogen in that star, not the hydrogen in the next galaxy over.