Aquinas

An Introduction to the Life and Work of the Great Medieval Thinker

F. Copleston (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

1991
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-013674-6 (ISBN)

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Aquinas (1224-74) lived at a time when the Christian West was opening up to a wealth of Greek and Islamic philosophical speculation. This book examines this extraordinary man - whose influence is perhaps greater today than in his own lifetime - and his thought, relating his ideas wherever possible to problems as they are discussed today.

Aquinas (1224-74) lived at a time when the Christian West was opening up to a wealth of Greek and Islamic philosophical speculation. An embodiment of the thirteenth-century ideal of a unified interpretation of reality (in which philosophy and theology work together in harmony), Aquinas was remarkable for the way in which he used and developed this legacy of ancient thought—an achievement which led his contemporaries to regard him as an advanced thinker.

Father Copleston's lucid and stimulating book examines this extraordinary man—whose influence is perhaps greater today than in his own lifetime—and his thought, relating his ideas wherever possible to problems as they are discussed today.

Fr. Frederick Copleston (1907-1994) was the Principal of Heythrop College, University of London.

Prefatory Note
1. Introductory
2. The World and Metaphysics
3. God and Creation
4. Man (1): Body and Soul
5. Man (2): Morality and Society
6. Thomism
Bibliographical Notes
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.7.1991
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	200 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
ISBN-10	0-14-013674-6 / 0140136746
ISBN-13	978-0-14-013674-6 / 9780140136746
Zustand	Neuware