Aquinas''s Summa Theologiae

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Brian Davies - Contributions by Leonard Boyle; Victor White; John Wippel; Peter Geach; Robert Pasnau; Anthony Kenny; Herbert McCabe; Eleonore Stump; Bonnie Kent and Fergus Kerr Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction 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

• Authors: Brian Davies
• Assisted by: Brian Davies (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.11.2005
• EAN: 9780742543430
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4343-0
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Critical Essays on the Classics Series; Critical Essays on the Classic; Critical Essays on the Classics Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous