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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is the text which had the single
greatest influence on Aquinas's ethical writings, and the
historical and philosophical value of Aquinas's appropriation of
this text provokes lively debate. In this volume of new essays,
thirteen distinguished scholars explore how Aquinas receives,
expands on, and transforms Aristotle's insights about the
attainability of happiness, the scope of moral virtue, the
foundation of morality, and the nature of pleasure. They examine
Aquinas's commentary on the Ethics and his theological writings,
above all the Summa theologiae. Their essays show Aquinas to be a
highly perceptive interpreter, but one who also who also brings
certain presuppositions to the Ethics and alters key Aristotelian
notions for his own purposes. The result is a rich and nuanced
picture of Aquinas's relation to Aristotle that will be of interest
to readers in moral philosophy, Aquinas studies, the history of
theology, and the history of philosophy.
Feeling, wanting, and acting are typically understood solely in
terms of the individual. What does it mean, then, when we share
feelings, have a common goal, or act jointly? This volume addresses
the social dimension of these phenomena from diverse philosophical
perspectives and from a sociological viewpoint. It reveals that
sociality plays a constitutive part in our feeling, wanting, and
acting.
The conference Mathematical Methods in Computer Science (MMICS) was
held in the memory of Thomas Beth during December 17-19 in
Karlsruhe. The c- ference was meant to re?ect the many interests of
Thomas Beth. Even though these interests might seem diverse the
mathematical methods employed and - pecially algebra as a language
were the common denominator of all his scienti?c achievements. The
12 contributed talks reaching from t-designs to integrated circuits
were selected from 30 submissions from 14 countries. The
contributed talks were complemented by three invited talks. Teo
Mora gave a talk on "Decoding Cyclic Codes: The Cooper Philosophy"
embracing the areas of coding theory and symbolic computation.
These areas were especially appreciated by Thomas Beth, because
they combine algebra and algorithmics. Richard Jozsa lectured about
"Embedding Classical into Quantum Compu- tion" in the area of
quantum information. Quantum information was a focus of research of
Tomas Beth since 1993 when he co-organized one of the e- liest
workshops on quantum cryptography in Dagstuhl. Quantum information
became his passion in 1994 when the connection between the Fourier
transf- mation and breaking the RSA crypto system became apparent
via Shor's al- rithm, which can factor integers in polynomial time
on a quantum computer. The Fourier transform and cryptography were
topics that played an important role in Thomas Beth's research and
this connection, once again, justi?ed his broad view on computer
science.
Unter dem Willen versteht man die FAhigkeit eines Akteurs, sich
frei und A1/4berlegtermaAen Ziele zu setzen sowie sie im Handeln
planmAAig und beharrlich zu verfolgen. In diesem Band werden
erstmals umfassend die begriffs- und problemgeschichtlichen
Entwicklungen innerhalb der verschiedenen Philosophenschulen (Stoa,
Neuplatonismus, Peripatetik) sowie in der christlichen Patristik
untersucht, die zur Ausbildung eines philosophisch a žvollwertigena
oe Willensbegriffs in der SpAtantike gefA1/4hrt haben.
Is philosophy endangered by a scientific culture increasingly
influenced by demands of utility and efficiency? What are the goals
and intentions of philosophy, and what are the reasons that one
practices philosophy at all? The main questions of this collection
concern the self-understanding of philosophy. Prominent authors
consider historical, systematic, and social approaches to this
question and discuss possible answers. The purpose is not merely to
legitimate philosophical practice but to understand what such
practice consists in at all.
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is the text which had the single
greatest influence on Aquinas's ethical writings, and the
historical and philosophical value of Aquinas's appropriation of
this text provokes lively debate. In this volume of new essays,
thirteen distinguished scholars explore how Aquinas receives,
expands on and transforms Aristotle's insights about the
attainability of happiness, the scope of moral virtue, the
foundation of morality and the nature of pleasure. They examine
Aquinas's commentary on the Ethics and his theological writings,
above all the Summa theologiae. Their essays show Aquinas to be a
highly perceptive interpreter, but one who also brings certain
presuppositions to the Ethics and alters key Aristotelian notions
for his own purposes. The result is a rich and nuanced picture of
Aquinas's relation to Aristotle that will be of interest to readers
in moral philosophy, Aquinas studies, the history of theology and
the history of philosophy.
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