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The Routledge Guidebook to Aquinas' Summa Theologiae
The Routledge Guidebook to Aquinas' Summa Theologiae
The Routledge Guides to the Great Books Series
Author: Eberl Jason
Language: English
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Keywords
Enlightenment; Hume; Phenomenologists; Existentialists; Kantians; analytic philosophers; theology; metaphysics; epistemology; psychology; ethics; political theory; biography; The Life of Aquinas; Fides quaerens intellectum; Thomism; Historical Reception; Aeterni patris; Existential; Transcendental; Phenomenological; Analytical; Arguments for God’s Existence; Qualities of God’s Essence; The Trinity; Creation; Angels; The Universe; Union of Body and Soul; How and What the Human Intellect Knows; Freedom of the Human Will; Human Origins; The Moral Journey; Happiness; Interactivity of Intellect and Will; The Morality of Human Actions; Good and Evil in Human Actions; The Influence of Passions; Virtues and Vices; Law and Grace; Faith; Hope; Charity; Prudence; Justice; Fortitude; Temperance; The Life of Christ; Initiation; Baptism; Confirmation; Care of the Soul and Body; Eucharist; Penance; Extreme Unction; States of Life; Holy Orders; Matrimony; Life and Judgment after Death; Resurrection of the Body; Heaven; Hell; and Purgatory; The World to Come; The Reality of Essences; Creation and Evolution; Dualism and Materialism; Cartesian Doubt; Religious Beliefs and Experiences; Naturalistic Fallacy; Natural Law; Natural Rights; Medical Ethics; Environmental Ethics; Animal Ethics; Faith and Reason; Theism; Deism; and Pantheism; God’s Essence; Grace and Predestination; Secunda Pars; Animal Kingdom; God’s Eternal Law; Libreria Editrice Vaticana; Eternal Law; De Aeternitate Mundi; Concupiscible Passion; Good Life; Tertia Pars; Prima Secundae; Thomas Terms; Intellective Soul; Secunda Secundae; Karol Wojtyla; Anorexia Nervosa; Non-rational Animals; Concupiscible Appetite; Theological Virtues; Book III; Summa Contra Gentiles; Separated Soul; Summa Theologiae; Natural Law Principles
Publication date: 11-2015
· 12.9x19.8 cm · Hardback
Publication date: 11-2015
· 12.9x19.8 cm · Paperback
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The Routledge Guidebook to Aquinas'Summa Theologiae introduces readers to a work which represents the pinnacle of medieval Western scholarship and which has inspired numerous commentaries, imitators, and opposing views. Outlining the main arguments Aquinas utilizes to support his conclusions on various philosophical and theological questions, this clear and comprehensive guide explores:
- the historical context in which Aquinas wrote
- a critical discussion of the topics outlined in the text including theology, metaphysics, epistemology, psychology, ethics, and political theory
- the ongoing influence of the Summa Theologiae in modern philosophy and theology.
Offering a close reading of the original work, this guidebook highlights the central themes of Aquinas? masterwork and is an essential read for anyone seeking an understanding of this highly influential work in the history of philosophy.
Preface Part I. General Introduction 1. Thomas Aquinas’s Life, Work, and Impact Part II. The Exitus/Reditus of the Summa theologiae 2. God’s Existence and Essence 3. Creation 4. Human Nature 5. The Structure of Human Actions 6. The Morality of Human Actions 7. Virtue and Beatitude, Vice and Sin 8. The Theological and Cardinal Virtues (Secunda Secundae) 9. Christ’s Incarnation and the Sacraments of the Church 10. Life and Judgment after Death Part III. The Summa Today 11. Contemporary Thomistic Philosophy Bibliography Index
Jason T. Eberl is the Semler Endowed Chair for Medical Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at Marian University in Indianapolis, USA.
