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The Root of Friendship: Self-Love and Self-Governance in Aquinas
Anthony Flood
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Hardcover. Addresses the connections between self-love and self-governance in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas and defends three related theses. Accordingly, the book provides a systematic account of Aquinas's thoughts on the nature of a person's self-experience and the role that experience plays in self-governance. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 825.
The Root of Friendship addresses the connections between self-love and self-governance in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas and defends three related theses. First, Aquinas's account of proper self-love is a description of the nature and importance of a person's subjective self- experience. Second, his notion of self-governance cannot be understood fully unless we grasp its basis in self-love. Finally, his account both satisfies contemporary conditions of relevance for self-governance and offers attractive solutions to issues raised in analytic discussions on such matters.
Accordingly, the book provides a systematic account of Aquinas's thoughts on the nature of a person's ... Read more
The Root of Friendship addresses the connections between self-love and self-governance in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas and defends three related theses. First, Aquinas's account of proper self-love is a description of the nature and importance of a person's subjective self- experience. Second, his notion of self-governance cannot be understood fully unless we grasp its basis in self-love. Finally, his account both satisfies contemporary conditions of relevance for self-governance and offers attractive solutions to issues raised in analytic discussions on such matters.
Accordingly, the book provides a systematic account of Aquinas's thoughts on the nature of a person's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813226057
SKU
V9780813226057
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About Anthony Flood
Anthony T. Flood is an assistant professor in the Department of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies at North Dakota State University, USA.
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