Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas
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In this final edition of his classic study of St. Thomas Aquinas, Etienne Gilson presents the sweeping range and organic unity of Thomistic philosophical thought. The philosophical thinking of Aquinas is the result of reason being challenged to relate to many theological conceptions of the Christian tradition. Gilson carefully reviews how Aquinas grapples with the relation itself of faith and reason and continuing through the existence and nature of God and His creation, the world and its creatures, especially human beings with their power of intellect, will, and moral life. He concludes this study by discussing the life of people in society, along with their purpose and final destiny. Gilson demonstrates that Aquinas drew from a wide spectrum of sources in the development of his thought-from the speculations of the ancient Greeks such as Aristotle, to the Arabic and Jewish philosophers of his time, as well as from Christian writers and scripture. The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas offers students of philosophy and medieval studies an insightful introduction to the thought of Aquinas and the Scholastic philosophy of the Middles Ages, insights that are still revelant for today.
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Product details
- Paperback | 512 pages
- 153.92 x 230.12 x 26.42mm | 680.39g
- 31 Mar 1994
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Notre Dame IN, United States
- English
- 0268008019
- 9780268008017
- 95,323
Review quote
"[A]s the only English version of any edition of Le Thomisme, and therefore for years a kind of manual for North American students approaching Aquinas, the book deserves recirculation. With it appears the masterful 'Catalogue of St. Thomas' Works' prepared by the Rev. I. T. Eschmann to accompany Shook's translation and available nowhere else. . . . [I]ts overview of principles and conclusions in the history of the texts has not been surpassed." -- The Philosophical Quarterly
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About Etienne Gilson
Etienne Gilson was born in Paris in 1884. He became Professor of Medieval Philosophy at the Sorbonne in 1921, and from 1932 until his retirement in 1951 he held a similar chair at the College de France. From 1929 until his death in 1978 he was associated with the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto.
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