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St. Thomas Aquinas : philosophical texts / selected and translated with notes and an introduction by Thomas Gilby. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, (c)1951.Description: xxii, 405 pages ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Other title:
  • Philosophical texts
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • B765.T455.S784 1951
Available additional physical forms:
  • COPYRIGHT: Publisher does not permit more than 20% of a book to be reproduced.
Contents:
Science and wisdom -- Existence of God -- Nature of God -- Activity of God -- Creation -- Variety -- Problem of evil -- Body and spirit -- Human nature -- Consciousness -- Love -- Happiness -- Morality -- Feeling and training -- Virtues -- Living beyond reason -- Reasonable virtues -- Justice -- Law -- Community and society.
Summary: The importance of St. Thomas Aquinas in the history of medieval philosophy is beyond dispute. Even medieval philosophers and theologians who disagreed with St. Thomas were careful to take his positions into account. The selections in this volume illustrate the philosophical views of St. Thomas on God, creation, the material world, the problem of evil, human psychology and morality, aesthetics, justice, the nature of law and political science. In his philosophy St. Thomas considered those subjects to the extent they were accessible to unaided human reason.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor Non-fiction B765.T455.S784 1951 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923000575270

Science and wisdom -- Existence of God -- Nature of God -- Activity of God -- Creation -- Variety -- Problem of evil -- Body and spirit -- Human nature -- Consciousness -- Love -- Happiness -- Morality -- Feeling and training -- Virtues -- Living beyond reason -- Reasonable virtues -- Justice -- Law -- Community and society.

The importance of St. Thomas Aquinas in the history of medieval philosophy is beyond dispute. Even medieval philosophers and theologians who disagreed with St. Thomas were careful to take his positions into account. The selections in this volume illustrate the philosophical views of St. Thomas on God, creation, the material world, the problem of evil, human psychology and morality, aesthetics, justice, the nature of law and political science. In his philosophy St. Thomas considered those subjects to the extent they were accessible to unaided human reason.

COPYRIGHT: Publisher does not permit more than 20% of a book to be reproduced.

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