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Aquinas, the Cambridge Companion to

By Norman Kretzmann

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1993
ISBN
0521431956, 0521437695, 9780521431958
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
380 kB (388791 bytes)
Pages
302\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

Among the great philosophers of the Middle Ages Aquinas is unique in pursuing two apparently disparate projects. On the one hand he developed a philosophical understanding of Christian doctrine in a fully integrated system encompassing all natural and supernatural reality. On the other hand, he was convinced that Aristotle's philosophy afforded the best available philosophical component of such a system. In a relatively brief career Aquinas developed these projects in great detail and with an astonishing degree of success. In this volume ten leading scholars introduce all the important aspects of Aquinas' thought, ranging from its historical background and dependence on Greek, Islamic, and Jewish philosophy and theology, through the metaphysics, epistemology and ethics, to the philosophical approach to Biblical commentary.

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