Thomas Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Human Act

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. The General Framework: 1. What is a Human Act?; Part II. Choice Hylomorphism: 2. Practical Judgment; 3. The Judgment of Choice; 4. Volition and its Dependence on Judgment; 5. Choice: Its Intrinsic and its Extrinsic Form; Part III. Act Hylomorphism: 6. The Hylomorphic Structure of the Human Act; 7. The Ontology of Bodily Human Acts; 8. The Ontology of Mental Human Acts; 9. Aquinas's Act Hylomorphism Today; Appendix. Judgment and Composition and Division.

About the author

Can Laurens Löwe is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, and a Member of the Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities 'Human Abilities.' He has published numerous articles on medieval philosophy and metaphysics in journals including the British Journal for the History of Philosophy and Vivarium.

Summary

This book offers a novel account of Aquinas's theory of the human act. It argues that Aquinas takes a human act to be a composite of two power-exercises, where one relates to the other as form to matter. It will appeal to scholars and students interested in medieval philosophy.

Additional text

This book is an important contribution from a rising scholar who is already making his mark.  Historically well-researched and philosophically incisive, Löwe's account of Act Hylomorphism opens up rich new avenues for considering Aquinas's action theory and will surely become indispensable reading. Thérèse Cory, University of Notre Dame

Product details

• Authors: Can Laurens Loewe, Can Laurens Löwe
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781108833646
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83364-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Philosophy, Theology, Philosophy of religion, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy