Reading Aristotle with Thomas Aquinas : his commentaries on Aristotle's major works / Leo J. Elders, edited by Jörgen Vijgen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elders, Leo J., author.

Contributor:

Vijgen, Jörgen, 1974- editor.

Standardized Title:

Aristote et Thomas d'Aquin. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Christianity.

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Aristotle.

Thomas.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (552 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

United States : Catholic University of America Press, [2023]

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

"Reading Aristotle with Thomas Aquinas: His Commentaries on Aristotle's Major Works offers an original and decisive work for the understanding of the thought of Thomas Aquinas. For decades his commentaries on the major works of Aristotle have been the subject of lively discussions. Are his commentaries faithful and reliable expositions of the Stagirite's thought or do they contain Thomas's own philosophy and are they read through the lens of Thomas's own Christian faith and in doing so possibly distorting Aristotle? In order to be able to provide clarity and offer a nuanced response to this question, a careful study of all the relevant texts is needed. This is precisely what the author sets out do to in this work. Each chapter is devoted to one of the twelve commentaries Thomas wrote on major works of Aristotle including both his massive and influential commentaries on the Metaphysics, Physics and Nicomachean Ethics as well as lesser known commentaries. Elders places Thomas's commentary in its historical context, reviews the Greek, Arabic and Latin translation and reception of Aristotle's text as well as contemporary interpretations thereof and presents the reader with a thorough presentation and analysis of the content of the commentary, drawing attention to all the places where Thomas intervenes and makes special observations. In this way the reader can study Aristotle's treatises with Thomas as guide. The conclusion reached is that Thomas's commentaries are a masterful and faithful presentation of Aristotle's thought and of that of Thomas himself. Thomas's Christian faith does not falsify Aristotle's text, but gives occasionally an outlook at what lies behind philosophical thought"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Editor's Preface

Author's Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. The Commentary on Peri Hermeneias

2. The Commentary on the Posterior Analytics

3. The Commentary on the Physics

4. The Commentary on the De Caelo

5. The Commentary on the De Generatione et Corruptione

6. The Commentary on the Meteorologica

7. The Commentary on the De Anima

8. The Commentary on the De Sensu et Sensato

9. The Commentary on the De Memoria et Reminiscentia

10. The Commentary on the Metaphysics

11. The Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics

12. The Commentary on the Politics

Select Bibliography

Index Nominum

Index Rerum.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translation of: Aristote et Thomas d'Aquin : Les commentaires sur les oeuvres majeures d'Aristote. Les Presses universitaires de l'IPC, 2018.

ISBN:

0-8132-3580-4

OCLC:

1374427409