Commentary on the Book of Causes

Originally published in 1272 and previously untranslated, this book provides an extended view of Aquinas's approach to Neoplatonic thought and functions as a guide to his metaphysics.

Summary

The "Book of Causes" was judged by Thomas Aquinas to have been abstracted from Proclus' "Elements of Theology". This commentary is a distinct philosophical work which provides an extended view of his approach to Neoplatonic thought and functions as a guide to his metaphysics.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Aquinas, St Thomas Aquinas, Aquinas Thomas, Aquinas Saint Thomas
• Assisted by: Richard C Taylor (Translation), Richard C. Taylor (Translation)
• Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.1996
• EAN: 9780813208442
• ISBN: 978-0-8132-0844-2
• No. of pages: 236
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 215 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Series: Thomas Aquinas in Translation; Thomas Aquinas in Translation
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Mittelalterliche Philosophie, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, Philosophy