Scholasticism Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Scholasticism is the philosophy
That existed in the medieval period.
The relation between faith and reason,
The relation between the will and intellect
The distinction between nature and grace
And the status of the universe are told.
Faith is confirmed by reason and obeyed.
Faith primarily engages the will,
And reason engages intellect in turn.
Man has nature with supernatural end.
Grace that confers faith comes from Creator.
Faith is gift of Grace, with which you see God.

The state of Universe is said in three ways.
Realism is where genera and species
Have real subsistence, with independent
Mind and individual in existence.
Nominalism is where individual
Only is real, and genera and species
Are having by means of which we designate
Resembling individuals accordingly.
The intermediate position is the one
Where the position shares with nominalism
To regard the individual as ultimate
And agree with realism for mind presence.
24.12.2018