Aquinas / Week 6 Vocabulary

Week 6 Vocabulary (Aquinas)

Eternal: debt forever; always existing

Divine: from God.

Inclinations: what you are “inclined” to do/follow. A tendency toward a certain condition, action, etc. A liking or preference towards ‘something’.

Procreation: to produce offspring.

Conduct: personal behavior; way of acting.

Precepts: a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct. A “maxim” (an expressionof a general truth or principle).

Promulgated: to make known; to proclaim.

Legitimate authority: A legal authority that has the “right” to be a sovereign

Proportional: In proportion (comparative relation between things).

Doctrine: a particular principle. It can be something that is taught.