Ks. Hubert Wiśniewski THE ACTS OF THE WILL ACCORDING TO

Studia Gilsoniana 4:2 (April–June 2015): 149–163 | ISSN 2300–0066
Ks. Hubert Wi niewski
Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Paw a II
Polska
THE ACTS OF THE WILL
ACCORDING TO ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
SUMMARY
The article attempts to clarify an important aspect of St. Thomas Aquinas’s
theory of human action, namely to show these acts of man which are immediately caused by the will. According to some contemporary philosophers, the acts of the will are limited to those of trying or of intending. Do
they exhaust the whole possibility of the will to act? The author seeks to
answer this question basing his considerations on the analysis of the
Summa Theologiae by St. Thomas Aquinas.
KEYWORDS: will, action, act, good, Thomas Aquinas.