| The Cambridge Companion to Aquinas Contributor(s): Kretzmann, Norman (Editor), Stump, Eleonore (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521437695 ISBN-13: 9780521437691 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $35.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1993 Annotation: The purpose of this series is to provide expository and critical survey of the work of major philosophers. Each volume contains specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, together with a substantial bibliography, and will serve as a reference work for students and nonspecialists. One aim of the series is to dispel the intimidation such readers often feel when faced with the work of a difficult and challenging thinker. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Medieval - Religion | Christian Theology - General |
| Dewey: 189.4 |
| LCCN: 92031977 |
| Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.98" W x 8.95" (1.00 lbs) 314 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. New readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Aquinas currently in print. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Aquinas. |