Thomas Aquinas discusses semen

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Nevertheless, if sometimes children are born from intercourse with demons, this is not because of the semen emitted by them, or from the bodies they have assumed, but through the semen taken from some man for this purpose, seeing that the same demon who acts as a succubus for a man becomes an incubus for a woman.’ – “Summa Theologica”

[Sockorer]

Reading Aquinas surely you have decided to convert to the fullness of the Christian faith, Catholicism.

[Kazimiera]

Since when are you reading the Summa Theologica??? And why?

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Since when are you reading the Summa Theologica??? And why?

Why not?

[Kazimiera]

Why not?

Absolutely. Why not?

I just find it a little odd that someone would be reading it recreationally. I'm digging into it for my thesis.

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Absolutely. Why not?

I just find it a little odd that someone would be reading it recreationally. I'm digging into it for my thesis.

what's your thesis on?

[Kazimiera]

what's your thesis on?

Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia.

[Profileid]

Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia.

hm. I'd be interested to know how you work summa theologica into there

[Kazimiera]

hm. I'd be interested to know how you work summa theologica into there

Aquinas presents three arguments suicide:

1. Natural law - every creature loves its life and will do anything to preserve it
2. Suicide is an injury to community
3. Suicide is a direct violation of the sixth commandment

Thomas More in "Utopia", on the other hand, describes an ideal society in which an incurably ill person who lives in great suffering may call upon the priests and magistrates to bless them so that they may kill themselves or have someone else do it for them.

A person wishing for an assisted death is normally terminally ill. Under "normal" circumstances the person might not desire death, but because of their condition feels it is necessary (for a number of reasons) that to die is the right thing to do. In ancient Greece and Rome, a terminally ill and suffering person could go to the magistrate and be given hemlock to kill themselves with. The Greeks considered this a noble death because it was done out of selflessness, whereas they condemned suicides where the person did it to shirk responsibilities or because they didn't want to face the consequences of actions they brought about themselves.

So yeah, it gets pretty complicated.

I'm using Aquinas as one of the "against" arguments.

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Aquinas presents three arguments suicide:

1. Natural law - every creature loves its life and will do anything to preserve it
2. Suicide is an injury to community
3. Suicide is a direct violation of the sixth commandment

Thomas More in "Utopia", on the other hand, describes an ideal society in which an incurably ill person who lives in great suffering may call upon the priests and magistrates to bless them so that they may kill themselves or have someone else do it for them.

A person wishing for an assisted death is normally terminally ill. Under "normal" circumstances the person might not desire death, but because of their condition feels it is necessary (for a number of reasons) that to die is the right thing to do. In ancient Greece and Rome, a terminally ill and suffering person could go to the magistrate and be given hemlock to kill themselves with. The Greeks considered this a noble death because it was done out of selflessness, whereas they condemned suicides where the person did it to shirk responsibilities or because they didn't want to face the consequences of actions they brought about themselves.

So yeah, it gets pretty complicated.

I'm using Aquinas as one of the "against" arguments.

Interesting. There's an organization in the US advocating for assisted suicide called The Hemlock Society