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The Oxford Handbook of Aquinas (Paperback)
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The Oxford Handbook of Aquinas (Paperback)
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Thomas Aquinas (1224/6-1274) lived an active, demanding academic
and ecclesiastical life that ended while he was still comparatively
young. He nonetheless produced many works, varying in length from a
few pages to a few volumes. The present book is an introduction to
this influential author and a guide to his thought on almost all
the major topics on which he wrote. The book begins with an account
of Aquinas's life and works. The next section contains a series of
essays that set Aquinas in his intellectual context. They focus on
the philosophical sources that are likely to have influenced his
thinking, the most prominent of which were certain Greek
philosophers (chiefly Aristotle), Latin Christian writers (such as
Augustine), and Jewish and Islamic authors (such as Maimonides and
Avicenna). The subsequent sections of the book address topics that
Aquinas himself discussed. These include metaphysics, the existence
and nature of God, ethics and action theory, epistemology,
philosophy of mind and human nature, the nature of language, and an
array of theological topics, including Trinity, Incarnation,
sacraments, resurrection, and the problem of evil, among others.
These sections include more than thirty contributions on topics
central to Aquinas's own worldview. The final sections of the
volume address the development of Aquinas's thought and its
historical influence. Any attempt to present the views of a
philosopher in an earlier historical period that is meant to foster
reflection on that thinker's views needs to be both historically
faithful and also philosophically engaged. The present book
combines both exposition and evaluation insofar as its contributors
have space to engage in both. This Handbook is therefore meant to
be useful to someone wanting to learn about Aquinas's philosophy
and theology while also looking for help in philosophical
interaction with it.
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