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Alice M. Ramos - Dynamic Transcendentals: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty from a Thomistic Perspective - 9780813219653 - V9780813219653
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Dynamic Transcendentals: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty from a Thomistic Perspective

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Description for Dynamic Transcendentals: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty from a Thomistic Perspective Hardcover. Addressing contemporary interest in the relationship between metaphysics Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 456.

Addressing contemporary interest in the relationship between metaphysics and ethics, as well as the significance of beauty for ethics, Alice Ramos presents an accessible study of the transcendentals and provides a dynamic rather than static view of truth, goodness, and beauty. She emphasises the role played by the human person in the perfection of the universe, in the return of all things to their source, and relies on the philosophical and theological wisdom of Thomas Aquinas as well as contemporary thinkers such as Jacques Maritain, John Paul II, and others.

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The book is divided into three parts, the first of which is focused on the transcendental of truth. It presents themes in Aristotelian metaphysics as developed by Aquinas and shows the importance of an ethics of knowing. The second part focuses on beauty and teleology and discusses human and divine providence, evil and suffering, the experience of vulnerability and shame, and the relationship between the good and glory. The final section considers moral beauty, the ugliness of vice, and the role of art for human perfection.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813219653
SKU
V9780813219653
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