Aquinas’s Philosophical Commentary on the Ethics

Aquinas’s Philosophical Commentary on the Ethics
Author: J.C. Doig
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2013-04-18
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9401597715

Is Aquinas's Sententia libri Ethicorum an interpretation of Aristotle based on `principles of Christian ethics'? Or do we have in that work a presentation of the foundation of Aquinas's moral philosophy? Professor Doig answers these questions through an examination of the historical context within which the Sententia was composed. In Chapters 1-2, the work's role as a corrective of earlier commentaries is established. Chapter 3, by examining philosophy at Paris between 1215 and 1283, reveals that the proposal by Aquinas of a moral philosophy would have been unexceptional. Chapter 4's investigation of the principles underlying the moral theory of the Sententia makes apparent that they were regarded by Aquinas as both philosophical and Aristotelian. The date to be assigned the composition of the Sententia is studied in Chapter 5, and the conclusion is drawn, that with some probability, the Sententia is its author's final proposal of moral doctrines. The closing Chapter offers a summary of that moral philosophy against the historical background brought out earlier.

Pas de vertu sans plaisir

Pas de vertu sans plaisir
Author: Jean-Marie Gueullette
Publisher: Editions du Cerf
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2016-10-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 2204115223

Pour découvrir la cathédrale qu'est la Somme de théologie de saint Thomas d'Aquin, rien ne vaut une visite en compagnie d'un guide passionné. Une telle promenade permet de mieux connaître Thomas, un théologien animé par la bienveillance, contemplant ce qui en l'homme porte l'image de Dieu. Dans sa conception de la vie morale, il espère toujours que l'attrait du bien conduira chaque être humain vers la contemplation de Celui qui est son créateur. À l'aide de nombreuses citations, d'exemples et de synthèses claires sur les différents concepts, Jean-Marie Gueullette nous introduit à la théologie de l'amitié avec Dieu.

Acts Amid Precepts

Acts Amid Precepts
Author: Kevin L. Flannery
Publisher: CUA Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2001
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780813209883

"Although most natural law ethical theories recognize moral absolutes, there is not much agreement even among natural law theorists about how to identify them. The author argues that in order to understand and determine the morality (or immorality) of a human action, it must be considered in relation to the organized system of human practices within which it is performed. Such an approach, he argues, is to be found in the natural law theory of Thomas Aquinas, especially once it is recognized that the logical structure of Aquinas's ethical theory is basically that of an Aristotelian science." "The book will be useful to students and scholars interested in ethics, especially from an Aristotelian and/or Thomistic perspective. One appendix reproduces the Leonine text of the De malo (question 6), with facing English translation. Another appendix provides facing Latin text and English translation of the Summa Theologiae I-II (question 94, article 2)."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Pas de vertu sans plaisir

Pas de vertu sans plaisir
Author: Jean-Marie Gueulette
Publisher:
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2016-10-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9782204115131

Pour découvrir la cathédrale qu'est la Somme de théologie de saint Thomas d'Aquin, rien ne vaut une visite en compagnie d'un guide passionné. Une telle promenade permet de mieux connaître Thomas, un théologien animé par la bienveillance, contemplant ce qui en l'homme porte l'image de Dieu. Dans sa conception de la vie morale, il espère toujours que l'attrait du bien conduira chaque être humain vers la contemplation de Celui qui est son créateur. A l'aide de nombreuses citations, d'exemples et de synthèses claires sur les différents concepts, Jean-Marie Gueullette nous introduit à la théologie de l'amitié avec Dieu.