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Author | : Gérard Verbeke |
Publisher | : Leuven University Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9789061860501 |
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The title of this book calls to mind the colloquium, organised from May 16 to May 19, 1974, in Louvain, by the Institute of Medieval Studies, in collaboration with the Higher Institute of Philosophy and the Faculty of Theology, on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the death of St Thomas. The book tries to approach the historical context of Aquinas's thought; it endeavours to understand the thinking of St Thomas against his socio-cultural background and to bring to light his attitudes and his reactions to the problems of his time.
Author | : Brian Davies |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 2011-08-24 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0199831459 |
Download Thomas Aquinas on God and Evil Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Brian Davies offers the first in-depth study of Saint Thomas Aquinas's thoughts on God and evil, revealing that Aquinas's thinking about God and evil can be traced through his metaphysical philosophy, his thoughts on God and creation, and his writings about Christian revelation and the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation. Davies first gives an introduction to Aquinas's philosophical theology, as well as a nuanced analysis of the ways in which Aquinas's writings have been considered over time. For hundreds of years scholars have argued that Aquinas's views on God and evil were original and different from those of his contemporaries. Davies shows that Aquinas's views were by modern standards very original, but that in their historical context they were more traditional than many scholars since have realized. Davies also provides insight into what we can learn from Aquinas's philosophy. Thomas Aquinas on God and Evil is a clear and engaging guide for anyone who struggles with the relation of God and theology to the problem of evil.
Author | : Gérard Verbeke |
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Release | : 1976 |
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Author | : Anthony J. Lisska |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2016-06-03 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0191083666 |
Download Aquinas's Theory of Perception Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Anthony J. Lisska presents a new analysis of Thomas Aquinas's theory of perception. While much work has been undertaken on Aquinas's texts, little has been devoted principally to his theory of perception and less still on a discussion of inner sense. The thesis of intentionality serves as the philosophical backdrop of this analysis while incorporating insights from Brentano and from recent scholarship. The principal thrust is on the importance of inner sense, a much-overlooked area of Aquinas's philosophy of mind, with special reference to the vis cogitativa. Approaching the texts of Aquinas from contemporary analytic philosophy, Lisska suggests a modest 'innate' or 'structured' interpretation for the role of this inner sense faculty. Dorothea Frede suggests that this faculty is an 'embarrassment' for Aquinas; to the contrary, the analysis offered in this book argues that were it not for the vis cogitativa, Aquinas's philosophy of mind would be an embarrassment. By means of this faculty of inner sense, Aquinas offers an account of a direct awareness of individuals of natural kinds—referred to by Aquinas as incidental objects of sense—which comprise the principal ontological categories in Aquinas's metaphysics. By using this awareness of individuals of a natural kind, Aquinas can make better sense out of the process of abstraction using the active intellect (intellectus agens). Were it not for the vis cogitativa, Aquinas would be unable to account for an awareness of the principal ontological category in his metaphysics.
Author | : Fabrizio Amerini |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2013-06-10 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0674073460 |
Download Aquinas on the Beginning and End of Human Life Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In contemporary discussions of abortion, both sides argue well-worn positions, particularly concerning the question, When does human life begin? Though often invoked by the Catholic Church for support, Thomas Aquinas in fact held that human life begins after conception, not at the moment of union. But his overall thinking on questions of how humans come into being, and cease to be, is more subtle than either side in this polarized debate imagines. Fabrizio Amerini—an internationally-renowned scholar of medieval philosophy—does justice to Aquinas’ views on these controversial issues. Some pro-life proponents hold that Aquinas’ position is simply due to faulty biological knowledge, and if he knew what we know today about embryology, he would agree that human life begins at conception. Others argue that nothing Aquinas could learn from modern biology would have changed his mind. Amerini follows the twists and turns of Aquinas’ thinking to reach a nuanced and detailed solution in the final chapters that will unsettle familiar assumptions and arguments. Systematically examining all the pertinent texts and placing each in historical context, Amerini provides an accurate reconstruction of Aquinas’ account of the beginning and end of human life and assesses its bioethical implications for today. This major contribution is available to an English-speaking audience through translation by Mark Henninger, himself a noted scholar of medieval philosophy.
Author | : Michael J. Dodds |
Publisher | : CUA Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2012-09-26 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0813219892 |
Download Unlocking Divine Action Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Provides a sustained account of how the thought of Aquinas may be used in conjunction with contemporary science to deepen our understanding of divine action and address such issues as creation, providence, prayer, and miracles.
Author | : Anthony Kenny |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 131 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780415318457 |
Download The Five Ways Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author | : Sandra Glahn |
Publisher | : Kregel Academic |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0825444136 |
Download Vindicating the Vixens Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Christianity Today 5-Star Review Publishers Weekly Review Foreword Reviews Indie Awards Finalist Gain a greater understanding of gender in the Bible through the eyes of a diverse group of evangelical scholars who assert that Christians have missed the point of some scriptural stories by assuming the women in them were "bad girls." Did the Samaritan woman really divorce five husbands in a world where women rarely divorced even one? Did Bathsheba seduce King David by bathing in the nude? Was Mary Magdalene really a reformed prostitute? While many have written studies of the women in the Bible, this is a new kind of book--one in which an international team of male and female scholars look afresh at vilified and neglected women in the Bible. The result is a new glimpse into God's heart for anyone, male or female, who has limited social power.
Author | : Edward Feser |
Publisher | : Ignatius Press |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2017-08-25 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1681497808 |
Download Five Proofs of the Existence of God Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book provides a detailed, updated exposition and defense of five of the historically most important (but in recent years largely neglected) philosophical proofs of God’s existence: the Aristotelian, the Neo-Platonic, the Augustinian, the Thomistic, and the Rationalist. It also offers a thorough treatment of each of the key divine attributes—unity, simplicity, eternity, omnipotence, omniscience, perfect goodness, and so forth—showing that they must be possessed by the God whose existence is demonstrated by the proofs. Finally, it answers at length all of the objections that have been leveled against these proofs. This work provides as ambitious and complete a defense of traditional natural theology as is currently in print. Its aim is to vindicate the view of the greatest philosophers of the past— thinkers like Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine, Aquinas, Leibniz, and many others— that the existence of God can be established with certainty by way of purely rational arguments. It thereby serves as a refutation both of atheism and of the fideism that gives aid and comfort to atheism.
Author | : Robert Pasnau |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 516 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780521001892 |
Download Thomas Aquinas on Human Nature Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A major new study of Aquinas and his central project: the understanding of human nature.