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Aquinas's Summa Theologiae
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Thomas Aquinas (1224/6-1274) was first and foremost a Christian theologian. Yet he was also one of the greatest philosophers of the Middle Ages. Drawing on classical authors, and incorporating ideas from Jewish and Arab sources, he came to offer a rounded and lasting account of the origin of the universe and of the things to be found within it, especially human beings.
Aquinas wrote many works, but his greatest achievement is undoubtedly the Summa Theologiae. This presents his most mature thinking and is the best introduction to his philosophical (and theological) ideas. Few secondary books on Aquinas focus solely on the Summa, but the present volume does just that. Including work by some of the best Aquinas scholars of the last half decade, it provides a solid introduction to one of the landmarks of western thinking.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Acknowledgements
Chapter 3 The Setting of the Summa Theologiae
Chapter 4 Prelude to the Five Ways
Chapter 5 The Five Ways
Chapter 6 Form and Existence
Chapter 7 Aquinas on What God is Not
Chapter 8 The Unity of Body and Soul
Chapter 9 The Nature of the Intellect
Chapter 10 The Immortality of the Soul
Chapter 11 Aquinas' Account of Freedom: Intellect and Will
Chapter 12 Habits and Virtues
Chapter 13 Natural Law: Incommensurable Readings
Chapter 14 Suggested Readings
Chapter 15 About the Authors
Product details
| Published | 30 Nov 2005 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 290 |
| ISBN | 9780742599499 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Series | Critical Essays on the Classics Series |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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