Classical Theism, Philosophy, and Religion Forum / Poll: Do you consider yourself a Thomist?

**Posted by Greg** 1/10/2017 8:45 pm

Karl3125 wrote:
Won over to Thomism first by John Finnis, then by Ed Feser.

Curious: Has Feser altered your view of Finnis's work?

**Posted by John West** 1/14/2017 2:53 pm

Alexander wrote:
I must admit, my "no" vote is more because I don't see myself as a philosopher at all - and certainly not someone whose philosophical understanding is broad enough to commit myself definitely to a particular school of thought - than because of any significant disagreement with Thomism.

That's interesting. I wondered if there would be anyone who voted “Not even an Aristotelian” for that kind of reason.

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**Posted by John West** 3/06/2017 3:49 pm

DanielCC wrote:
I *might* have taken the Aristotelian option - the main reason I didn't is because my metaphysics are closer to Thomism than pure Aristotelianism even if they are identical with neither. The general consensus is that people who don't fly the Thomist flag are unwilling to identify as Aristotelian due to the Platonic elements in their metaphysics.

The Thomist takeover has begun.