The Opposition Between St. Thomas Aquinas and Averroism on the Problem of the Intellect
Author: Mary Carol Caffrey
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Published: 1938
Total Pages: 96
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Author: Mary Carol Caffrey
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Published: 1938
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Saint Thomas (Aquinas)
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 106
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ralph McInerny
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 1557530289
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the mid-1260s in Paris, a dispute raged that concerned the relationship between faith and the Augustinian theological tradition on the one side and secular leaning as represented by the arrival in Latin of Aristotle and various Islamic and Jewish interpreters of Aristotle on the other. Masters of the arts faculty in Paris represented the latter tradition, indicated by the phrase "double truth theory." In 1269, Thomas Aquinas wrote the polemical work On There Being Only One Intellect, Against the Averroists (De unitate intellectus contra averroistas). Thomas is intent on countering two views: first, that intellect is not a faculty of the soul that animates our body, and second, that there is a single intellect existing separately that suffices for all people. Brief as it is, this work puts into play all the significant strands of Thomas's teaching on man - historical doctrinal, philosophical, and theological. It is a valuable source for discussing Thomas's views on the relationship between Aristotle and Christianity and puts to rest the misleading claim that Thomas baptized Aristotle." The introduction places the work historically and sketches the controversy to which it was a contribution. Part 2 includes the Latin Leonine text and McInerny's translation. Part 3 analyzes the basic arguments of Thomas's work and provides a series of interpretive essays meant to make Thomas accessible to today's readers.
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 152
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Saint Thomas (Aquinas)
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Published: 1923
Total Pages: 326
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sir Anthony Kenny
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-04-03
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 1134829752
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book shows how the mature writings of Thomas Aquinas though written in the thirteenth century have much to offer the human mind and the relationship between intellect and will, body and soul.
Author: Michael Joseph Scanlan
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 258
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David M. Gallagher
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 258
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe ten essays in this collection approach the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas not merely as an object of scholarly interest, but also as a framework for addressing perennial philosophical questions. The first five articles are expositions of important philosophical themes as developed in Aquinas's own works. In the last five, Aquinas's thought is brought to bear on contemporary philosophical discussions of metaphysical, ethical, and social issues. In the first essay, Kenneth L. Schmitz explores the centrality of esse in Aquinas's thought and chronicles the changing currents in its study over the course of this century. Next, Jorge J. E. Gracia describes Aquinas's distinctive solution to the age- old problem of the ontological status of universals. Turning to ethical themes, David M. Gallagher outlines the precise nature of moral goodness and how Thomas relates it to his larger metaphysical understanding of the good. Gregory Martin Reichberg takes up the more specific issue of the possibility and nature of moral responsibility within the activity of theoretical or speculative thought. In the final essay of the first part, Edward P. Mahoney examines Aquinas's arguments against Averroes's doctrine of the unity of the intellect in order show the consistency of Aquinas's teaching throughout his career. In the second set of articles, Oliva Blanchette contrasts Thomas's notion of perfection with that of Charles Hartshorne, demonstrating how Hartshorne arrives at his particular understanding of the divine perfection. Alejandro Llano argues that the understanding of possibility employed by Jaako Hintikka and Simo Knuuttila is much narrower than Aquinas's analogical understanding, and that consequently they do not distinguish between logical and ontological possibilities. Turning to political philosophy, John P. Hittinger examines Yves Simon's and Jacques Maritain's Thomistically inspired arguments for the desirability of modern liberal democracies, while questioning their consistency with Thomas's own political thought. Arguments which would have a direct bearing on questions in medical ethics are examined in William A. Wallace's essay in which he appeals to principles of Thomistic natural philosophy to argue that personal death may well precede the biological death of the human body. In the final article, Stephen Brown shows how Henry of Ghent rejected Thomas's understanding of theology's relationship to all lower sciences. David M. Gallagher is assistant professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America.
Author: Joseph Owens
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 1980-01-01
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780873954013
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book puts before the reader a succinct and philosophically valid interpretation of St. Thomas Aquinas' arguments for the existence of God by a modern, historically grounded interpreter of his thought. Father Joseph Owens is well known for the exacting care with which he prepares his articles and the solid scholarly apparatus with which he supports them. His knowledge of Greek, Latin, Aristotelian, as well as the Thomistic corpus is profound, and he is conversant with the various interpretative traditions within Aristotelianism and Thomism in ancient, medieval, and modern times in their appropriate languages. This volume will challenge the reader, yet it includes everything to help comprehend the position of St. Thomas Aquinas on this central issue.
Author: Aquinas Thomas, Saint
Publisher: Aquinas Press
Published: 2007-03
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13: 1406759910
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis early work of philosophy is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains metaphysical ideas of being and essence by influential philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas. This is a fascinating work and thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in philosophy. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.