La veritas vitae en los escritos de Tomás de Aquino

Abstract

The expression veritas vitae or «truth of life» means, in the writings of Thomas Aquinas, the realization of each person's life according to the plan of the Creator. A study of the texts shows that the syntagma veritas vitae belongs to the so-called «three-fold truth» (veritas doctrinae, vitae, iustitiae) and is of a deeper kind than the virtue of truthfulness. For contemporary philosophers, the relationship between truthfulness and «truth of life» opens up an avenue for dialogue regarding the topic of authenticity.