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AboutaContemporaryThomisticMetaphysics
So,substanceistheordinarylevelofbeing,buttobedowninthe
quantumunderworldwherethereisawholefluctuatingworld.Phi-
losopherhavetokeepupwiththegeneraldevelopmentofscience.
P.Mazanka:Inconcludingourconversation,Iwouldliketoask
youaboutyourcurrentandfutureresearchprojects?
Prof.Clarke:Atpresent,I’minterestedinpersonalism.Theinte-
grationofpersonalismandThomisticmetaphysics.Really,ifyoulook
carefullyatit,beingisalwaysaprocessofgivingandreceivingagiv-
ing,receivingpart.Thereceivingparthasneverbeendeveloped,the
activepartisdevelopedinSt.Thomas,butifbeingisactiveitmustbe
actingonsomething,sobeingmustbeagivingandreceivingwhole.
Thishasnotbeendeveloped.Youcannotbegivingunlessyou’react-
ingonsomething,andthathasnotbeendeveloped.So,anykindof
personalrelationshipmustbegivingandreceiving,notjustgiving.
Thehighestmodeofbeingispersonsincommunion:thatmeansgiv-
ingandreceiving
P.Mazanka:Thankyou,ProfessorClarke,forveryinterestingcon-
versation.