Introduction

Some thoughts about Aquinas's Conception of Truth as Adequation

“…Aquinas wrote extensively on the Angels, yet if one examines his inquiry, one will not find much to work with regarding the concept of truth as it applies to the angels. 12 There are a great many questions and articles that concern themselves with issues such as the knowledge of the angels, 13 how they move and act, their relation to place and so forth. 14 Aquinas repeatedly says that the angels know the truth of things, but, as noted earlier, having true knowledge of things is not truth as adequation, which is the primary notion of truth.…”