Description |
xiv, 400 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents |
The commentary of St. Thomas on the De Caelo of Aristotle / James Weisheipl.-- Matter and actuality in Aquinas / Christopher Hughes.-- The logic of being in Thomas Aquinas / Hermann Weidemann.-- The realism of Aquinas / Sandra edwards.-- Natural reason in the Summa contra Gentiles / Rudi A. te Velde.-- The Essence/Essentia argument in Aquinas's De Ente et Essentia / Scott MacDonald.-- The five ways / John F. Wippel.-- Aquinas on what God is not / Brian Davies.-- Intentionality: Aquinas and Wittgenstein / Anthony Kenny.-- Man= Body + Soul: Aquinas's arithmetic of human nature / Gyula Klima.-- Aquinas account of freedom: intellect and will / Eleonore Stump.-- Being and goodness / Eleanor Stump and Norman Kretzmann.-- Law and politics / Paul E. Sigmund.-- Aquinas on good sense / Herbert Mccabe.-- Aquinas on the passions / Peter King.-- A chronological list of Aquinas's writings |
Summary |
Annotation. The work of Thomas Aquinas has always enjoyed a privileged position as a pillar of Catholic theology, but for centuries his standing among western philosophers was less sure. Today, Aquinas's work is recognized as a cornerstone of the western philosophical tradition. This book offers a full-scale introduction to Aquinas's philosophy. Brian Davies has collected in one volume the best recent essays on Aquinas by some of the world's foremost scholars of medieval philosophy. Taken together, they illuminate the entire spectrum of Aquinas's thought: philosophy ofnature, logic, metaphysics, natural theology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, and ethics. The essays are philosophically solid, readable, informative, critical, and evaluative of the texts of Aquinas. Davies frames the essays with a detailed introduction that provides an account ofAquinas's life and works, as well as of his major philosophical conclusions |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
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Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung
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Author |
Davies, Brian, 1951-
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EBSCOhost
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LC no. |
2001055168 |
ISBN |
0195153006 alkaline paper |
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0195153014 paperback alkaline paper |
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