Provides a foundation for understanding Aquinas theories. Beginning with a brief overview of Aquinas life and philosophical career, the authors introduce his overarching explanatory framework in order to provide the necessary background to his substantive theorizing in a wide range of areas: rational theology, metaphysics, philosophy of human nature, philosophy of mind, and ethical and political theory. Although not intended to provide a comprehensive evaluation of all aspects of Aquinas far-reaching writings, the volume ...
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Provides a foundation for understanding Aquinas theories. Beginning with a brief overview of Aquinas life and philosophical career, the authors introduce his overarching explanatory framework in order to provide the necessary background to his substantive theorizing in a wide range of areas: rational theology, metaphysics, philosophy of human nature, philosophy of mind, and ethical and political theory. Although not intended to provide a comprehensive evaluation of all aspects of Aquinas far-reaching writings, the volume does present a systematic introduction to the principal areas of his philosophy, attending no less to his methods and argumentative strategies than to his ultimate conclusions.
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New. 081336583X. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED--288 pages; clean and crisp, tight and bright pages, with no writing or markings to the text. --TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1 Life and work * 2 Aquinas's explanatory framework: the four causes * 3 Aquinas's metaphysical framework: being and essence * 4 God's existence and nature * 5 The order of the universe * 6 The human soul and the human body * 7 Sense and intellect * 8 The goal of human life * 9 Ethics. --DESCRIPTION: Beginning with a brief overview of Aquinas' life and philosophical career, the authors introduce his overarching explanatory framework in order to provide the necessary background to his substantive theorizing in a wide range of areas: rational theology, metaphysics, philosophy of human nature, philosophy of mind, and ethical and political theory. Although not intended to provide a comprehensive evaluation of all aspects of Aquinas' far-reaching writings, the volume does present a systematic introduction to the principal areas of his philosophy, attending no less to his methods and argumentative strategies than to his ultimate conclusions. --with a bonus offer--
