Notas en la construcción del lenguaje escolástico como lectura lineal de lo real / Notes in the Construction of the Scholastic Language as a Lineal Reading of the Reality

Abstract

This brief work unfurls in three parts. In the first one, we shall ground the choice of an article in Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae as an example of what we wish to point out. After a short review of the structure of the article, the second part focuses on an analysis of some of the oft repeated stereotypical linguistic expressions and formulae. The analysis taps not only on semantic aspects but also and mainly on morphologic and syntactic traits in order to underscore some of the hues that underlie those structures: the passive periphrasis in dicendum is a case in point. Lastly, we highlight some intellectual stances that seem to be already built into and sanctioned by the scholastic method. We will argue that such acceptance has played a significant role in turning that method into forma mentis.