An Aquinas reader

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An Aquinas Reader contains in one closely knit volume representative selections that reflect every aspect of Aquinas's philosophy. This anthology offers an unrivaled perspective of the full scope and rich variety of Aquinas's thought. It provides the general reader with an overall survey of one of the most outstanding thinkers of all time and reveals the major influence he has had on many of the world's great thinkers.

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Title Statements

Full title :An Aquinas reader / edited with an introduction by Mary T. Clark.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:1988, ©1972.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Distributed by Eurospan, Fordham University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1988, ©1972.

Notes

Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 1972.

The Physical Object

Description:597 pages ; : 21 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0823212068, 9780823212064
oclc:on1345698798
LC Classification:BX890.T62

I. Reality. General metaphysical texts chronologically arranged -- Special aspects -- Aquinas on his predecessors -- II. God and the world. Uncreated being: God -- Created being: nature -- III. Man. Human nature and person -- Human knowledge -- Emotions and love -- Human freedom -- Man's creation -- Man's immortality -- IV. Man as moral. Aquinas on Aristotelian ethics -- Providence and human action -- Moral dispositions -- Justice and law -- V. Man as religious. Theological virtues and revelation -- The Trinity -- Sin -- Christ -- The sacraments -- The people of God -- The commandments -- Religious life -- Prayer and prayers -- Office for the Feast of St. Augustine.

Subjects

Catholic Church Église catholique Medieval philosophy Philosophie médiévale Philosophy Philosophy and religion Philosophy, Medieval Scholastic philosophy scholasticism Scolastique Théologie dogmatique Theology, Doctrinal