The Transcendental Relation in Aristotelian-Thomistic Metaphysics
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Aristotle distinguishes two modes of the notion of relation: predicamental relation occurs when there is an accidental relation between two things due to a quality common to both; the relation is called transcendental when it is consubstantial, as in the case of the relation between form and matter in substance, constituting an immediate unity in the identity of substance. Scholastics particularly use the transcendental relation in explaining the relation of the creature to the creator. The Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition understands that the relation of participation between the creature and the creator is transcendental, in which relation the creator remains absolute, since God does not enter into any predicamental or transcendental relation with creatures, while the creature is truly relative to the creator.
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