Aquinas was both a philosopher and a saint. Refusing either to lose his faith or mindlessly believe, he developed a new understanding of the place of reason in human life. Aquinas's monumental contribution was to teach Western Europeans civilisation that any human being, not just a Christian, ...
It is not the intention of this writer, nor is it possible to diminish the vital contribution of Thomas Aquinas to Christianity and Western philosophy. Indeed, an author of any caliber will demonstrate inconsistencies and certainly one as great as Aquinas should be given a pass as they examine...
THOMAS AQUINAS: A Contribution to Recent Discussion* ST. THOMAS AQUINAS accepted and consistently defended Boethius' definition of person: "persona est substantia individua rationalis naturae." St. Thomas' an... S Horst - 《Thomist A Speculative Quarterly Review》 被引量: 6发表: 1987年 As ...
and the sometimes-complicated critiques of the field of Religious Studies to a novice readership. Martin has accomplished his goal of offering useful concepts for critically thinking about religion and society. A unique and notable contribution is that he provides effective approaches from which students...
Aquinas was both a philosopher and a saint. Refusing either to lose his faith or mindlessly believe, he developed a new understanding of the place of reason in human life. Aquinas's monumental contribution was to teach Western Europeans civilisation that any human being, not just a Christian, ...
The goal of the work undertaken in this dissertation is to investigate Aquinas's position on the moral goodness of worship. The end pursued hopes to be a limited but helpful contribution to the ethical part of philosophy of religion. Consequently, the methodology followed in this work relies on...
MODERN philosophyCONSCIENCEOLDER peopleGOAL (Psychology)CARDINAL virtuesIn this important contribution to Thomist scholarship, Leo J. Elders offers a thorough account of Aquinas' teleological moral theology. Elders begins his text by offering a concise summary of the history of ethics up until Aquinas....
Bochenski's works, and like Bochenski's work it is a logical commentary to certain fragments of St. Thomas Aquinas' "Summa Theologiae".Porwolik,MarekAnnals of Philosophy
This thesis opts for the latter, and considers the contribution Thomas Aquinas can make to this great question.;The thesis contains six chapters. The first chapter considers the roots of utilitarianism and retributivism by looking to the thought of Jeremy Bentham and Immanuel Kant. Each thinker ...
In this dissertation, I argue that emotions are of central importance to Thomas Aquinas's account of true human flourishing. First, I claim that any description of Aquinas's thought on emotions must include his accounts of both the and the affections of the will. Second, I claim that emotion...