![]() ![]() One premise of the argument at hand, the major premise, finds its expression in the paragraph’s first sentence: Hence one of these sciences and arts must be the mistress of all the others, and this one rightly lays claim to the name of wisdom for it is the office of the wise man to direct others.*ġ. Now all the sciences and arts are ordained to a single thing, namely, to man’s perfection, which is happiness. The same thing is also true of the soul’s powers, for the concupiscible and irascible appetites are ruled in the natural order by reason. This is evident in the union of soul and body, for the soul naturally commands and the body obeys. ![]() ![]() When several things are ordained to a single thing, one of them must rule or govern and the rest be ruled or governed, as the Philosopher teaches in the Politics. ![]() So, the first paragraph of Aquinas’s “Prologue” to the Commentary reads as follows: In this post, then, I will set out and assess the argument, offering my treatment of it as an at least partial illustration of the approach that I will be taking in the course of the series. In my immediately previous post, I stated that this post would be focused upon the one of the several arguments present in the opening paragraph of Aquinas’s “Prologue” to his Commentary that I find to be the most explicitly expressed and easily understood. This post is the second in a series dedicated to a sustained reading of and commentary upon Aquinas’s Commentary on the Metaphysics of Aristotle. ![]()
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