The Arguments of Aquinas: A Philosophical View - Rilegato

MacIntosh, J.J.

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ISBN 10: 1848935986 ISBN 13: 9781848935983

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2017

Riassunto

The Arguments of Aquinas is intended for readers with philosophical interests, who may not be specialists in medieval philosophy. Some think that a medieval saint must be, as such, wrong, dated, and boring; others feel that a saint, any saint, must be right, relevant, and inspirational. Both groups are likely to misread Aquinas, if indeed they read him at all. The works of great philosophers are products of their times, but that does not lessen their value for us. We profit by reading the works of St Thomas in the same interested but critical way that we read the works of our contemporaries.

MacIntosh does not hesitated to compare Thomas's arguments with those of later philosophers as well as with those of his contemporaries and earlier philosophers. He chooses topics from a variety of still interesting problem areas: the existence and attributes of God, including God's foreknowledge and human free will, causality and the origin of the universe, time and necessity, human souls, angels, and the problem of evil. Additionally, the volume looks at his views on honesty and lying, and on human sexuality, on which he is, as ever, philosophically interesting whether or not we accept his conclusions.

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Informazioni sull'autore

J. J. MacIntosh is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Calgary. His publications include Boyle on Atheism, and papers in Mind, The Thomist, Franciscan Studies, Religious Studies, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, etc. His research interests include philosophy of religion, history of philosophy, and history and philosophy of science.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1848935986
• ISBN 13: 9781848935983
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 222
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania