Dynamic transcendentals : truth, goodness, and beauty from a Thomistic perspective / Alice M. Ramos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramos, Alice, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Thomas.

Transcendentals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Addressing contemporary interest in the relationship between metaphysics and ethics, as well as the significance of beauty for ethics, Alice Ramos presents an accessible study of the transcendentals and provides a dynamic rather than static view of truth, goodness, and beauty.

Contents:

A metaphysics of the truth of creation: foundation of the desire for God

Aquinas on measure

The affections and the life of the mind

Beauty and the perfection of being

Evil, order, and providence

The experience of vulnerability and shame

On the good and glory

Human life and the world transfigured

The good and the beautiful: why the nonvirtuous person can see the beauty of a good act

Moral beauty and affective knowledge in Aquinas

Art, truth, and morality: aesthetic self-forgetfulness versus recognition.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8132-1966-3

OCLC:

813928727