Author: Saint Thomas (Aquinas)Publisher:
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Languages : en
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The Human Wisdom of St. Thomas. A Breviary of Philosophy from the Works of St. Thomas Aquinas. Arranged by Josef Pieper. Translated by Drostan MacLaren
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Languages : en
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The Human Wisdom of St. Thomas
Author: Josef PieperPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1789123313
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Josef Pieper has attached no commentary to the texts brought together in this breviary of the philosophy of St. Thomas, preferring that the reader should encounter them, “on his own”. His work has been one of selection, in which he has sought to assemble such passages as will provide an introduction to the form and design of the whole Thomistic system. Yet he has so ordered his texts as to impress upon the reader a special feature of St. Thomas’s thought, what he calls its double aspect: St. Thomas sees the whole scheme of reality ordered and penetrable by reason; yet the mystery of Being itself remains: “The effort of human thought has not been able to track down the essence of a single gnat.” Josef Pieper, one of the most highly regarded Thomistic philosophers of the twentieth century, wrote numerous philosophical works including Leisure: The Basis of Culture, Guide to Thomas Aquinas, Only the Lover Sings and many more.
The Human Wisdom of St. Thomas
Author: Josef PieperPublisher:
ISBN: 9781773238029
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Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Josef Pieper has attached no commentary to the texts brought together in this breviary of the philosophy of St. Thomas, preferring that the reader should encounter them, "on his own". His work has been one of selection, in which he has sought to assemble such passages as will provide an introduction to the form and design of the whole Thomistic system. Yet he has so ordered his texts as to impress upon the reader a special feature of St. Thomas's thought, what he calls its double aspect: St. Thomas sees the whole scheme of reality ordered and penetrable by reason; yet the mystery of Being itself remains: "The effort of human thought has not been able to track down the essence of a single gnat." Author Josef Pieper himself was one of the most highly regarded Thomistic philosophers of the twentieth century.
The Human Wisdom of St. Thomas
Author: Thomas Aquinas (helgen, kirkelærer)Publisher:
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Languages : en
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The Human Wisdom of St. Thomas
Author: Saint Thomas (Aquinas)Publisher:
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 111
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The Human Wisdom of St. Thomas
Author: Thomas Aquinas (helgen, kirkelærer)Publisher:
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Languages : en
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St. Thomas Aquinas
Author: Saint Thomas (Aquinas)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 438
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The importance of St. Thomas Aquinas in the history of medieval philosophy is beyond dispute. Even medieval philosophers and theologians who disagreed with St. Thomas were careful to take his positions into account. The selections in this volume illustrate the philosophical views of St. Thomas on God, creation, the material world, the problem of evil, human psychology and morality, aesthetics, justice, the nature of law and political science. In his philosophy St. Thomas considered those subjects to the extent they were accessible to unaided human reason.
A Shorter Summa
Author: Saint Thomas (Aquinas)Publisher:
ISBN: 9780898704389
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A shortened version of Kreeft's much larger Summa of the Summa, which in turn was a shortened version of the Summa Theologica. The reason for the double shortening is pretty obvious: the original runs some 4000 pages! (The Summa of the Summa was just over 500.) The Summa is certainly the greatest, most ambitious, most rational book of theology ever written. In it, there is also much philosophy, which is selected, excerpted, arranged, introduced, and explained in footnotes here by Kreeft, a popular Thomist teacher and writer. St. Thomas Aquinas is universally recognized as one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived. His writings combine the two fundamental ideals of philosophical writing: clarity and profundity. He is a master of metaphysics and technical terminology, yet so full of both theoretical and practical wisdom. He is the master of common sense. The Summa Theologica is timeless, but particularly important today because of his synthesis of faith and reason, revelation and philosophy, and the Biblical and the classical Greco-Roman heritages. This little book is designed for beginners, either for classroom use or individually. It contains the most famous and influential passages of St. Thomas' philosophy with copious aids to understanding them.
Readings on Virtue, Law, and Politics
Author: Thomas AquinasPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781497372306
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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“The majestic elaboration of thought manifested in St. Thomas's work,” says Josef Pieper, consists partly “in the fact that the theological wisdom of the earliest Christian centuries is interwoven with the philosophical heritage of the Greek world.” In his Summa Theologica, we find not only a masterful synthesis of Aristotle and the Bible, but also a “genuine conversation or dialogue” with the greatest minds of philosophy and theology, including Plato and St. Augustine, Cicero and St. Ambrose. “St. Thomas is, in effect, placing himself within the stream of traditional truth nourished by the past; without claiming to give a final solution, he leaves the way open for future quest and discovery as that stream flows onward toward the yet unknown.”Students of political philosophy have much to gain from the Summa, a book written “for the instruction of beginners,” and whose influence on subsequent theory and practice in religion, politics, culture, and law has been immeasurable. At 3,000 pages, however, it can be difficult to navigate for the modern reader. This volume contains a selection of passages carefully chosen to give us direct access to Aquinas's main arguments on ethics (including human nature, psychology, happiness, virtue, and natural law) and politics (including human law, the political regime, and justice), as well as those theological questions most closely related to his political thought. It thereby seeks to reopen the way to this stream of insights into the nature of and means of achieving truth, justice, and the common good.
Selected Philosophical Writings
Author: Saint Thomas (Aquinas)Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192835857
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
This book is intended for students of philosophy and theology, on courses in medieval thought, undergraduate and post-graduate.