Aquinas on the emotions : a religious-ethical inquiry / Diana Fritz Cates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cates, Diana Fritz.

Series:

Moral traditions series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Thomas.

Christian ethics--Catholic authors.

Christian ethics.

Emotions--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Emotions.

Physical Description:

x, 288 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2009]

Summary:

In Aquinas on the Emotions, Diana Fritz Cates shows how emotions are composed as embodied mental states. She identifies various factors, including religious beliefs, intuitions, images, and questions that can affect the formation and the course of a person's emotions. She attends to the appetitive as well as the cognitive dimensions of emotion, both of which Aquinas interprets with flexibility. The result is a powerful study of Aquinas that is also a resource for readers who want to understand and cultivate the emotional dimension of their lives.

Contents:

Religious ethics

Religious ethics and the study of emotion

Approaching Aquinas on emotion (I)

Approaching Aquinas on emotion (II)

Approaching the human sensory appetite from below (I)

Approaching the human sensory appetite from below (II)

Approaching the human sensory appetite from above (I)

Approaching the human sensory appetite from above (II)

The formation of distinctively human emotions

The religious-ethical study of emotion

Aquinas on the powers or capabilities of a human being (relevant selections).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781589015050

1589015053

OCLC:

310715063