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Thomas Aquinas (1224/6-1274) was first and foremost a Christian
theologian. Yet he was also one of the greatest philosophers of the
Middle Ages. Drawing on classical authors, and incorporating ideas
from Jewish and Arab sources, he came to offer a rounded and
lasting account of the origin of the universe and of the things to
be found within it, especially human beings. Aquinas wrote many
works, but his greatest achievement is undoubtedly the Summa
Theologiae. This presents his most mature thinking and is the best
introduction to his philosophical (and theological) ideas. Few
secondary books on Aquinas focus solely on the Summa, but the
present volume does just that. Including work by some of the best
Aquinas scholars of the last half decade, it provides a solid
introduction to one of the landmarks of western thinking.
Thomas Aquinas (1224/6-1274) was first and foremost a Christian
theologian. Yet he was also one of the greatest philosophers of the
Middle Ages. Drawing on classical authors, and incorporating ideas
from Jewish and Arab sources, he came to offer a rounded and
lasting account of the origin of the universe and of the things to
be found within it, especially human beings. Aquinas wrote many
works, but his greatest achievement is undoubtedly the Summa
Theologiae. This presents his most mature thinking and is the best
introduction to his philosophical (and theological) ideas. Few
secondary books on Aquinas focus solely on the Summa, but the
present volume does just that. Including work by some of the best
Aquinas scholars of the last half decade, it provides a solid
introduction to one of the landmarks of western thinking.
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