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Author | : Denis J. M. Bradley |
Publisher | : CUA Press |
Total Pages | : 625 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0813209528 |
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Annotation. Against the background of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. Bradley provides a detailed differentiation between Aristotle's and Aquinas's view on moral principles and the end of man.
Author | : Thomas Aquinas |
Publisher | : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2018-10-30 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1460406508 |
Download Thomas Aquinas: Basic Philosophical Writing Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume contains new translations of the essential philosophical writings of Thomas Aquinas, from the Summa Theologiae and The Principles of Nature. The included texts represent the breadth of Aquinas’s thought, addressing causality, the fundamental principles of nature, the existence of God, how God can be known, how language can be used to describe God, human nature (including the nature of the soul, free will, and epistemology), happiness, ethics, and natural law. The goal of these translations is twofold: to allow Aquinas to speak for himself, but also to make his thought accessible to the contemporary reader without the burden of unnecessary adherence to convention. A thorough introduction to Aquinas and his ideas is included, as is a series of useful appendices connecting Aquinas’s arguments to those of Anselm, Scotus, Ockham, and others.
Author | : Thomas Aquinas |
Publisher | : Hackett Publishing |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 2002-11-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 160384676X |
Download The Treatise on Human Nature Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This series offers central philosophical treatises of Aquinas in new, state-of-the-art translations distinguished by their accuracy and use of clear and nontechnical modern vocabulary. Annotation and commentary accessible to undergraduates make the series an ideal vehicle for the study of Aquinas by readers approaching him from a variety of backgrounds and interests.
Author | : Fabrizio Amerini |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2013-06-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0674073444 |
Download Aquinas on the Beginning and End of Human Life Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Though often invoked by pro-life supporters, Thomas Aquinas in fact held that human life begins after conception, not at the moment of union. But in following the twists and turns of Aquinas’ thinking about the beginning and end of human life, Fabrizio Amerini reaches a nuanced interpretation that will unsettle both sides in the abortion debate.
Author | : Ignatius Theodore Eschmann |
Publisher | : PIMS |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780888447203 |
Download The Ethics of Saint Thomas Aquinas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Sheryl Overmyer |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2016-10-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 149822900X |
Download Two Guides for the Journey Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Thomas Aquinas and William Langland inherited the dynamic metaphor of journeying as a fundamental concept of the Christian life and harnessed it to animate their magisterial texts: the Summa Theologiae and Piers Plowman. Christians' journey back to God consists in the way of charity, yet it is far from straightforward or sequential. Rather, it is impinged upon by epistemic ambiguity, our willful continued habits of resistance, and inherent limitations on our perfection. In sum, the virtues are divine gifts humanly received, treasure in earthen vessels. Together these authors show the complexity we ourselves will find along this life's journey, enable our understanding to appreciate that complexity, and in limited ways cultivate in us the virtues they describe.
Author | : Robert Pasnau |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 516 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780521001892 |
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A major new study of Aquinas and his central project: the understanding of human nature.
Author | : John Michael Rziha |
Publisher | : CUA Press |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0813216729 |
Download Perfecting Human Actions Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
During the last few centuries, a practical dichotomy between God and humans has developed within moral theory. As a result, moral theory tends to focus only on humans where human autonomy is foundational or only on God where divine commands capriciously rule. However, the moral theology of Thomas Aquinas overcomes this dichotomy. For Thomas, humans reach their perfection by participating in God's wisdom and love. Perfecting Human Actions explores the ways humans participate in eternal law--God's wisdom that guides and moves all things to their proper action. The book begins with a thoughtful examination of the philosophic recovery of the notion of participation in Thomistic metaphysics. It then explains Thomas's theological understanding of the notion of participation to show how humans are related to God. It is discovered that when performing human actions, humans participate in the eternal law in two ways: as moved and governed by it, and cognitively. In reference to participation as moved and governed, humans are directed by God to their proper end of eternal happiness. This mode of participation can be increased by perfecting the natural inclinations through virtue, grace, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. In reference to cognitive participation, humans as rational creatures can know their proper end and how to attain it. Through this knowledge of moral truths, the intellect participates in the eternal law. Cognitive participation is perfected by the intellectual virtues (especially faith) and the gifts of the Holy Spirit (especially wisdom). The book concludes by showing how the notion of human participation in the eternal law is a much better foundation for moral theory than the contemporary notion of autonomy. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John Rziha is associate professor of theology at Benedictine College. PRAISE FOR THE BOOK: " A] competent and indeed masterful study. . . . Rziha's book is to be welcomed as not just an important, but indeed an overdue contribution to the contemporary recovery of Aquinas's moral theory. More importantly, this study is of surpassing importance in advancing the correct understanding of the relationship between human freedom and natural law. . . . Rziha's lucidly written and well-documented study displays all the characteristics of a competent and learned interpretation of the thought of the doctor communis according to the highest standards of current Aquinas scholarship."--Reinhard Hutter, Thomist "Rziha explores at length the two modes by which human participate in God's eternal law: as moved and governed by it and as having knowledge of it. . . . T]his book proves to be something of a comprehensive course in Thomistic thought. This project is supported by extensive and meticulous footnote reverences to texts of Aquinas." --Janine Marie Idziak, Speculum
Author | : Justin M. Anderson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2020-07-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1108485189 |
Download Virtue and Grace in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Explores how Aquinas's understanding of virtue developed as his consideration of sin, grace, and God's action in human life deepened.
Author | : Leo J. Elders |
Publisher | : Catholic University of America Press |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2019-02-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0813231981 |
Download The Ethics of St. Thomas Aquinas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The far reaching changes in man's social and personal life taking place in our lifetime underline the need for a sound ethical evaluation of our rights and duties and of human behaviour both on the individual level and in the political society. On many issues judgments of value vary widely and a consultation of the thought of Thomas Aquinas on the basic questions will be helpful, the more since he is not only one of the greatest philosophers but also succeeded in integrating in his moral philosophy the wisdom of the ancients, in particular of Aristotle and the Stoa. This book presents Aquinas's thought on such central questions as man's happiness, how to determine the morality of our actions, the natural law and the main virtues, as well as on the common good, war, human labour, love and friendship. Throughout the book the intellectual character of this moral philosophy is pointed out and problems are set in a historical perspective.