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Selected Philosophical Writings
Saint Thomas Aquinas
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Description for Selected Philosophical Writings
Paperback. Translator(s): McDermott, Timothy. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338.
St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) saw religion as part of the natural human propensity to worship. His ability to recognize the naturalness of this phenomenon and simultaneously to go beyond it, to explore spiritual revelation, makes his work fresh and highly readable today. While drawing on a strong distinction between theology and philosophy, Aquinas interleaved them intricately in his writings, which range from an examination of the structures of thought to the concept of God as the end of all things. This accessible new translation chooses substantial passages not only from the indispensable Summa Theologicae, ... Read more
St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) saw religion as part of the natural human propensity to worship. His ability to recognize the naturalness of this phenomenon and simultaneously to go beyond it, to explore spiritual revelation, makes his work fresh and highly readable today. While drawing on a strong distinction between theology and philosophy, Aquinas interleaved them intricately in his writings, which range from an examination of the structures of thought to the concept of God as the end of all things. This accessible new translation chooses substantial passages not only from the indispensable Summa Theologicae, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
340 g
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199540273
SKU
V9780199540273
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About Saint Thomas Aquinas
Timothy McDermott is also the author of St Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologicae: A Concise Translation (1989).
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