Description for Aquinas
Paperback. Series: Arguments of the Philosophers. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 950.
Few philosophers or theologians exerted as much influence on the shape of medieval thought as Thomas Aquinas. He ranks amongst the most famous of the Western philosophers and was responsible for almost single-handedly bringing the philosophy of Aristotle into harmony with Christianity. He was also one of the first philosophers to argue that philosophy and theology could support each other. The shape of metaphysics, theology, and Aristotelian thought today still bears the imprint of Aquinas' work.
In this extensive and deeply researched study, Eleonore Stump examines Aquinas' major works, Summa Theologiae and Summa Contra Gentiles, and clearly assesses the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Condition
New
Series
Arguments of the Philosophers
Number of Pages
632
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415378987
SKU
V9780415378987
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About Eleonore Stump
Eleonore Stump is the Robert J. Henle, S.J. Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University. Her previous books include Boethius’s De topicis differentiis (1978; reprinted 1989); Boethius’s In Ciceronis Topica (1988); Dialectic and Its Place in the Development of Medieval Logic (1980); The Cambridge Companion to Aquinas (ed. with Norman Kretzmann) (1993); Aquinas’s Moral Theory: Essays in Honor of Norman ... Read more
Reviews for Aquinas
"This book is an astounding achievment. It will not be superseded for decades. It will surely remain on the bibliography for as long as Thomas Aquinas is regarded as a major thinker; for as long as there is Western philosophy." - Fergus Kerr, Ars Disputandi '[Eleanore Stump] is one of the best contemporary commentators on Aquinas - perhaps even the ... Read more