The philosophy of Aquinas / Robert Pasnau, Christopher Shields.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pasnau, Robert.

Contributor:

Shields, Christopher John.

Series:

Westview histories of philosophy series

The Westview histories of philosophy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Thomas.

Physical Description:

ix, 264 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, [2004]

Contents:

1 Life and Work 1

1.1 Early Years 2

1.2 A Young Scholar 3

1.3 Master of Theology 6

1.4 Back to Italy 8

1.5 A Second Term in Paris 13

1.6 Breakdown 16

2 Aquinas's Explanatory Framework: The Four Causes 21

2.1 Introducing the Four Causes 21

2.2 The Four Causes Developed and Articulated 36

3 Aquinas's Metaphysical Framework: Being and Essence 49

3.1 Beings and Essences 49

3.2 Material Substances 54

3.3 Immaterial Substances 59

3.4 Substance and Accidents 64

3.5 Universals 68

4 God's Existence and Nature 81

4.1 Our Knowledge of God 81

4.2 Phase One: God's Existence 84

4.3 Phase Two: God's Nature 95

4.4 Understanding God's Attributes: Analogical Predication 110

5 The Order of the Universe 121

5.1 God's Power 121

5.2 The Created Order 136

5.3 Providence 141

6 The Human Soul and the Human Body 153

6.1 The Special Status of Human Beings 153

6.2 Soul as a Principle of Life 154

6.3 Souls and Bodies: Hylomorphism 156

6.4 Against Reductive Materialism 158

6.5 Against Platonism 162

6.6 A Difficult Intermediary 164

6.7 Soul as Subsistent 165

6.8 Where in the Body Is the Soul? 168

7 Sense and Intellect 175

7.1 The Nature of Cognition 175

7.2 The Cognitive Powers 177

7.3 Cognitive Functions 184

8 The Goal of Human Life 197

8.2 That There Is a Human End 198

8.3 Happiness 201

8.4 What Happiness Is Not 203

8.5 What Happiness Is 206

8.6 The Beatific Vision 210

9 Ethics 217

9.2 Natural Law 218

9.3 Virtue 228

Catalog of Works 247.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-260) and index.

ISBN:

0813365848

081336583X

OCLC:

52559076