The Arguments of Aquinas
A Philosophical View
Seiten
2017
Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84893-598-3 (ISBN)
Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84893-598-3 (ISBN)
Thomas Aquinas was not just a theologian but one of the world’s most significant philosophers. MacIntosh provides a thorough analysis of the key themes in Aquinas’s writings from a specifically philosophical perspective. Topics covered demonstrate the range of his ideas including, causality, the existence of God, the soul, method and morality.
The Arguments of Aquinas is intended for readers with philosophical interests, who may not be specialists in medieval philosophy. Some think that a medieval saint must be, as such, wrong, dated, and boring; others feel that a saint, any saint, must be right, relevant, and inspirational. Both groups are likely to misread Aquinas, if indeed they read him at all. The works of great philosophers are products of their times, but that does not lessen their value for us. We profit by reading the works of St Thomas in the same interested but critical way that we read the works of our contemporaries.
MacIntosh does not hesitated to compare Thomas's arguments with those of later philosophers as well as with those of his contemporaries and earlier philosophers. He chooses topics from a variety of still interesting problem areas: the existence and attributes of God, including God's foreknowledge and human free will, causality and the origin of the universe, time and necessity, human souls, angels, and the problem of evil. Additionally, the volume looks at his views on honesty and lying, and on human sexuality, on which he is, as ever, philosophically interesting whether or not we accept his conclusions.
The Arguments of Aquinas is intended for readers with philosophical interests, who may not be specialists in medieval philosophy. Some think that a medieval saint must be, as such, wrong, dated, and boring; others feel that a saint, any saint, must be right, relevant, and inspirational. Both groups are likely to misread Aquinas, if indeed they read him at all. The works of great philosophers are products of their times, but that does not lessen their value for us. We profit by reading the works of St Thomas in the same interested but critical way that we read the works of our contemporaries.
MacIntosh does not hesitated to compare Thomas's arguments with those of later philosophers as well as with those of his contemporaries and earlier philosophers. He chooses topics from a variety of still interesting problem areas: the existence and attributes of God, including God's foreknowledge and human free will, causality and the origin of the universe, time and necessity, human souls, angels, and the problem of evil. Additionally, the volume looks at his views on honesty and lying, and on human sexuality, on which he is, as ever, philosophically interesting whether or not we accept his conclusions.
J. J. MacIntosh is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Calgary. His publications include Boyle on Atheism, and papers in Mind, The Thomist, Franciscan Studies, Religious Studies, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, etc. His research interests include philosophy of religion, history of philosophy, and history and philosophy of science.
Introduction
Part I: Natural Philosophy
1. Necessity and possibility
2. Causality
3. Time and motion
4. Time and infinity
Part II: Natural Theology
5. God's existence
6. God's attributes
7. Foreknowledge and freedom
Part III: Human Beings
8. Epistemology and philosophy of mind
9. Souls and immortality
10. Morality and method: Aquinas on lying and unnatural practices
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.4.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 430 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84893-598-6 / 1848935986 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84893-598-3 / 9781848935983 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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