The Root of Friendship
Author | : Anthony T. Flood |
Publisher | : CUA Press |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2014-05 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0813226058 |
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The Root of Friendship addresses the connections between self-love and self-governance in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas and defends three related theses. First, Aquinas's account of proper self-love is a description of the nature and importance of a person's subjective self- experience. Second, his notion of self-governance cannot be understood fully unless we grasp its basis in self-love. Finally, his account both satisfies contemporary conditions of relevance for self-governance and offers attractive solutions to issues raised in analytic discussions on such matters.