Thomas Aquinas’s philosophy of God the key topics Brian Davies

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Brian, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

God.

Theology--Middle Ages.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2026

Summary:

"Aquinas argues that, abstracting from divine revelation, God’s existence can be argued for successfully, and that God is the source of the existence of all that is not divine for as long as it exists. His philosophical thought about God has been seminal for later thinkers, but can be hard to grasp as it is scattered across a broad range of his writings. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible single volume account of Aquinas’s philosophy of God which also evaluates it in the light both of various criticisms that have been made of it, and of philosophical thought more generally. It situates Aquinas’s thinking about God in relation to major philosophers of the past and a number of important philosophers writing today, which will enable readers to understand Aquinas’s philosophy of God in the context of centuries of philosophical thought"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

"Life, works, and key terms

Does God exist?

Divine simplicity

Finding words for God

God as creator

Knowledge in God

Will in God

‘Omnipotent’ and ‘eternal’

God’s perfection and goodness

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed August 18, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Davies, Brian, 1951- Thomas Aquinas’s philosophy of God

ISBN:

9781009657549

1009657542

OCLC:

1580920845

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