The philosophy of Aquinas / Christopher Shields and Robert Pasnau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shields, Christopher John, author.

Pasnau, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Thomas.

Philosophy, Medieval.

Philosophical theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 322 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Beginning with a brief overview of Aquinas' life and philosophical career, the authors introduce his overarching explanatory framework in order to provide the necessary background to his philosophical investigations across a wide range of areas: rational theology, metaphysics, philosophy of human nature, philosophy of mind, and ethical and political theory.

Contents:

Cover ; The Philosophy of Aquinas ; Copyright ; Contents ; Preface ; 1. Life and Work ; 1.1. Early Years ; 1.2. A Young Scholar ; 1.3. Master of Theology ; 1.4. Back to Italy ; 1.5. A Second Term in Paris ; 1.6. Breakdown ; 2. Aquinas's Explanatory Framework: The Four Causes; 2.1. Introducing the Four Causes 2.1.1. Matter and Form ; 2.1.2. The Efficient Cause ; 2.1.3. The Final Cause ; 2.1.4. The Four Causes Reviewed and Briefly Illustrated ; 2.2. The Four Causes Developed and Articulated ; 2.2.1. Mutual Priority ; 2.2.2. Priority Among the Causes; 2.2.3. Proximate and Non-. Proximate Causes 2.2.4. Causal Coincidence ; 2.2.5. Incidental Causes ; 2.3. Conclusions ; 3. Aquinas's Metaphysical Framework: Being and Essence ; 3.1. Beings and Essences ; 3.2. Material Substances ; 3.2.1. First Qualification

3.2.2. Second Qualification 3.2.3. Third Qualification ; 3.3. Immaterial Substances ; 3.4. Substance and Accidents ; 3.5. Universals ; 3.5.1. Qualitative Sameness ; 3.5.2. Numerical Sameness ; 3.6. Conclusions ; 4. God's Existence and Nature ; 4.1. Our Knowledge of God; 4.2. Phase One: God's Existence 4.2.1. The Proof from Motion ; 4.2.2. The Proof from Degrees of Truth ; 4.3. Phase Two: God's Nature ; 4.3.1. Absolute Simplicity ; 4.3.2. From Intellect to Will ; 4.4. Understanding God's Attributes: Analogical Predication ; 4.5. Conclusions

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-049152-3

0-19-930125-5