Autor: Lonergan, Bernard J.F.

Buch: Topics in Education

Titel: Topics in Education

Stichwort: das Gute; 2.1 Not Abstract; ens et bonum convertuntur

Kurzinhalt: For example, it is not true to say that only substances are good

Textausschnitt: 7/2 We will start from the well-known tag ens et bonum convertuntur, being and the good are convertible. The good exists, and what exists is good. Philosophy speaks of the good as a transcendental. That is to say, the good is not confined to one of Aristotle's ten predicaments. For example, it is not true to say that only substances are good and accidents are not, or that, among the accidents, only quantity or quality or relation is good. Rather, the good is found in all of the descriptive categories. The good is not an abstract notion. It is comprehensive. It includes everything. When you speak of the good, you do not mean some aspect of things, as though the rest of their reality were evil. The good is a notion that is absolutely universal, that applies to whatever exists; and at the same time it is totally concrete. This is what I mean by saying it is a comprehensive term.