A Thomistic Account of Human Free Will and Divine Providence: Pedro de Ledesma and the <i>De Auxiliis</i> Controversy
Pedro de Ledesma is one of the Dominican theologians of the School of Salamanca involved in the <i>De Auxiliis</i> controversy, i.e., the disputes around a famous book by Luis de Molina on the relation between divine foreknowledge and providence and our free will. Studying an unpublished...
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| description | Pedro de Ledesma is one of the Dominican theologians of the School of Salamanca involved in the <i>De Auxiliis</i> controversy, i.e., the disputes around a famous book by Luis de Molina on the relation between divine foreknowledge and providence and our free will. Studying an unpublished manuscript by Ledesma and his 1611 book on this subject, the article shows that he opposed Molina with a Thomistic position that we call deflationary. According to this interpretation, God, in moving the created will to do good actions, does not bring about an entity distinct from volition itself. Contrary to other Thomists, he does not think that the immediate effect of the divine motion of the will is an intermediary entity used by God to produce, with the will, the created free act. Ledesma defends his thesis by using some elements of Aristotelian-Thomistic metaphysics, in particular, a minimalist interpretation of the relation between action and passion already present in Domingo de Soto and the specific causality of immanent acts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2291b33c3e1546e48e683d93331d77232023-12-01T21:21:36ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442022-04-0113437510.3390/rel13040375A Thomistic Account of Human Free Will and Divine Providence: Pedro de Ledesma and the <i>De Auxiliis</i> ControversyDavid Torrijos-Castrillejo0Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad San Dámaso, 28005 Madrid, SpainPedro de Ledesma is one of the Dominican theologians of the School of Salamanca involved in the <i>De Auxiliis</i> controversy, i.e., the disputes around a famous book by Luis de Molina on the relation between divine foreknowledge and providence and our free will. Studying an unpublished manuscript by Ledesma and his 1611 book on this subject, the article shows that he opposed Molina with a Thomistic position that we call deflationary. According to this interpretation, God, in moving the created will to do good actions, does not bring about an entity distinct from volition itself. Contrary to other Thomists, he does not think that the immediate effect of the divine motion of the will is an intermediary entity used by God to produce, with the will, the created free act. Ledesma defends his thesis by using some elements of Aristotelian-Thomistic metaphysics, in particular, a minimalist interpretation of the relation between action and passion already present in Domingo de Soto and the specific causality of immanent acts.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/4/375divine foreknowledgedivine providencefree willdeterminismMolinismSpanish Inquisition |
| spellingShingle | David Torrijos-Castrillejo A Thomistic Account of Human Free Will and Divine Providence: Pedro de Ledesma and the <i>De Auxiliis</i> Controversy Religions divine foreknowledge divine providence free will determinism Molinism Spanish Inquisition |
| title | A Thomistic Account of Human Free Will and Divine Providence: Pedro de Ledesma and the <i>De Auxiliis</i> Controversy |
| title_full | A Thomistic Account of Human Free Will and Divine Providence: Pedro de Ledesma and the <i>De Auxiliis</i> Controversy |
| title_fullStr | A Thomistic Account of Human Free Will and Divine Providence: Pedro de Ledesma and the <i>De Auxiliis</i> Controversy |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Thomistic Account of Human Free Will and Divine Providence: Pedro de Ledesma and the <i>De Auxiliis</i> Controversy |
| title_short | A Thomistic Account of Human Free Will and Divine Providence: Pedro de Ledesma and the <i>De Auxiliis</i> Controversy |
| title_sort | thomistic account of human free will and divine providence pedro de ledesma and the i de auxiliis i controversy |
| topic | divine foreknowledge divine providence free will determinism Molinism Spanish Inquisition |
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