| Aquinas: An Introduction to the Life and Work of the Great Medieval Thinker Contributor(s): Copleston, F. C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140136746 ISBN-13: 9780140136746 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1956 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Religion | Philosophy |
| Dewey: 230.209 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.26" W x 7.61" (0.50 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Aquinas (1224-74) lived at a time when the Christian West was opening up to a wealth of Greek and Islamic philosophical speculation. An embodiment of the thirteenth-century ideal of a unified interpretation of reality (in which philosophy and theology work together in harmony), Aquinas was remarkable for the way in which he used and developed this legacy of ancient thought--an achievement which led his contemporaries to regard him as an advanced thinker. Father Copleston's lucid and stimulating book examines this extraordinary man--whose influence is perhaps greater today than in his own lifetime--and his trought, relating his ideas wherever possible to problems as they are discussed today. |