| St. Thomas Aquinas: An Exposition of the 'on the Hebdomads' of Boethius Contributor(s): Schultz, Janice L. (Translator), Synan, E. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0813209943 ISBN-13: 9780813209944 Publisher: Catholic University of America Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2001 Annotation: This volumes presents Aquinas's commentary on Boethius's sixth-century work known as the De hebdomadibus. The introduction to this translation provides critical historical background for understanding Boethius's view of being. The English translation is in facing-page format with the 1992 Leonine critical edition of Aquinas's Latin text. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Medieval - Philosophy | Religious |
| Dewey: 189 |
| LCCN: 00037883 |
| Series: Thomas Aquinas in Translation |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.68" W x 8.82" (0.65 lbs) 65 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In his sixth-century work commonly known as the De hebdomadibus, Boethius (ca. 480-524) poses the question of how created things or substances can be good just as they are--that is, good just by existing--without being the same as the source of all goodness, God, who is understood to be Goodness Itself. In his commentary written in the thirteenth century, St. Thomas Aquinas sets out to explain the problem Boethius is treating as well as to explicate Boethius's solution. In doing so, however, the Angelic Doctor suggests a more developed analysis of goodness, based on his own metaphysical perspective. |