Thomas Aquinas: Disputed Questions on the Virtues

Informationen zum Autor E. M. Atkins has translated Cicero's On Duties and Augustine's Political Writings for Cambridge University Press. Thomas Williams has published widely on medieval philosophy and is editor of the Cambridge Companion to Duns Scotus. Klappentext The great medieval philosopher Thomas Aquinas (1224/6-1274) was Dominican regent master in theology at the University of Paris, where he presided over a series of questions - academic debates - on ethical topics. This volume offers translations of disputed questions on the nature of virtues in general, the fundamental or 'cardinal' virtues of practical wisdom, justice, courage, and temperateness, the divinely bestowed virtues of hope and charity, and the practical question of how, when and why one should rebuke a 'brother' for wrongdoing. The introduction explains how Aquinas's theory of virtue fits into his ethics as a whole, and it illuminates Aquinas's views by explaining the institutional and intellectual context in which these disputed questions were debated. Zusammenfassung Aquinas was Dominican regent master in theology at the University of Paris! where he presided over a series of questions - academic debates - on ethical topics. This volume offers translations of disputed questions and an introduction that explains how Aquinas's theory of virtue fits into his ethics as a whole. Inhaltsverzeichnis Disputed questions on the virtues; On the virtues in general; On charity; On brotherly correction; On hope; On the cardinal virtues.

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• Authors: Thomas Aquinas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Thomas von Aquin, Aquinas Thomas
• Assisted by: E. M. Atkins (Editor), Thomas Williams (Editor), E. M. Atkins (Translation), Atkins E. M. (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 02.06.2005
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Middle Ages
• EAN: 9780521772259
• ISBN: 978-0-521-77225-9
• Pages: 344
• Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy; Cambridge Texts in the History; Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
• Subjects: PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, c 1500 onwards to present day, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy