The root of friendship : self-love & self-governance in Aquinas / Anthony T. Flood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flood, Anthony T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Thomas.

Self-acceptance.

Physical Description:

xix, 164 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2014.

Summary:

The Root of Friendship addresses the connections between self-love and self-governance in the thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas and defends three related theses. First, Aquinas account of proper self-love is a description of the nature and importance of a persons subjective self experience. Second, his notion of self-governance cannot be under- stood 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 thoughts on the nature of a persons self-experience and the role that experience plays in self-governance.

Contents:

Proper Self-Love and the Inner Life

The Eudaimonist Self-Governance Tradition

Persons, Providence, and the Natural Law

Prudence and Pride

Aquinas and Contemporary Criteria for Self-Governance

Aquinas in Dialogue with Contemporary Accounts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813226057

0813226058

OCLC:

863200807