Thomas Aquinas on human nature : a philosophical study of Summa theologiae 1a, 75-89 / Robert Pasnau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pasnau, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274. Summa theologica--Pars 1--Questio 75-89.

Thomas.

Philosophical anthropology.

Theological anthropology--Christianity.

Theological anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 500 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a major new study of Thomas Aquinas, the most influential philosopher of the Middle Ages. The book offers a clear and accessible guide to the central project of Aquinas' philosophy: the understanding of human nature. Robert Pasnau sets the philosophy in the context of ancient and modern thought, and argues for some groundbreaking proposals for understanding some of the most difficult areas of Aquinas' thought: the relationship of soul to body, the workings of sense and intellect, the will and the passions, and personal identity. Structured around a close reading of the treatise on human nature from the Summa theologiae and deeply informed by a wide knowledge of the history of philosophy and contemporary philosophy, this study will offer specialists a series of novel and provocative interpretations, while providing students with a reference commentary on one of Aquinas' core texts.

Contents:

pt. I. Essential Features (QQ75-76)

1. Body and soul

2. immateriality of soul

3. unity of body and soul

4. When human life begins. Excursus metaphysicus: Reality as actuality

pt. II. Capacities (QQ77-83)

5. soul and its capacities

6. Sensation

7. Desire and freedom

8. Will and temptation

pt. III. Functions (QQ84-89)

9. Mind and image

10. Mind and reality

11. Knowing the mind

12. Life after death. Epilogue: Why Did God Make Me?

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-483) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-12449-2

0-511-04443-7

0-511-17531-0

0-511-15557-3

0-511-32351-4

0-521-80732-8

1-280-41928-8

0-511-61318-0

OCLC:

171123026