What is found in the essence of a thing, in its mode of being, in its specific kind, and in its tendency to its end?
books
the same thing
necessity
positive being (and perfection or actuality)
Goodness and being are:
seemly and virtuous
desirable
really the same thing
necessarily good
Between goodness and being there IS:
a logical distinction
a real distinction
a moral distinction
a rational distinction
What defines goodness?
desirability
the pleasing
a final cause
a book
The human idea of being is prior to:
our idea of goodness
our goal of a desire or tendency
our pleasure
our positive being
A thing is good in so far as it has:
distinct mental approaches to the same thing
positive being
direction
magnitude
Good may be classified as:
the action which seeks to attain it
the goal of a desire or tendency
the just
A real distinction would be between:
a final cause and another cause
a thing with wheels
a thing and a thing
the goal and the tendency
As humans we make a distinction between goodness and being because we can thing of being without noticing:
the color of its eyes
that it is a logical distinction
that it is necessarily good
Goodness has the character of:
a thing at all
seemly or virtuous
perfection or actuality
Positive being is:
an appetite or appetency
What do we discern in a reality, in its mode, in its species, and in its direction to its end, goal, or purpose?
goodness
the useful
Perfection is:
unity
A thing has goodness in so far as it can be:
A thing can be the goal of a tendency by the fact that it is:
the goal of a desire or a tendency
a thing at all or that it has being
We are aware of a being as such before we are aware:
that it is desirable or good
that there is an action which seeks to attain it
that it is pleasing
Between goodness and being there is NOT:
a political distinction
a verbal distinction
Goodness causes:
everyone to be happy
the end of all wars and persecutions
the need for more good
A logical distinction would be between:
football and rugby
the discernment of a cause
the universal principle
That is called good which answers:
the questions on this quiz
anything at all
actions of the participant