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"Our first task is to gain clarity on the notion of the "human act" (actus humanus), which is at the heart of Aquinas's action-theoretical project. What does Aquinas understand by this term? To answer this question, it will be convenient to proceed in two steps. First, we need to understand what makes a human act an act, 'act' being, as I noted in the Introduction, a broad term referring to any kind of power-exercise, according to Aquinas. This requires us to say something about Aquinas's general metaphysics of powers and hylomorphism (1.2-1.3). In a next step, given the broad scope of the term 'act' in Aquinas, we need to consider what makes something a specifically human act. Here we need to consider how Aquinas differentiates human acts from other power-exercises in nature (1.4-1.6). As we will see, Aquinas appeals to the aetiological factor of choice to do so. We will also see that choice as well as the human act itself are hylomorphic composites, for Aquinas, and that the human act explained by choice is intentional and free"--

Human acts --- Metaphysics --- Thomas, --- Thomas, - Aquinas, Saint, - 1225?-1274 --- Human acts. --- Metaphysics.

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Thomas Aquinas on faith, hope, and love provides essential passages from Thomas's treatment of the theological virtues in the Summa theologiae, edited and explained for classroom use or the independent reader. "Thomas Aquinas on faith, hope, and love is designed to make as easy as possible a first reading of key passages from the Summa theologiae. The book contains selections from the Summa that are most infulential, most important, or likely to be most interesting to the contemporary reader. The text of the Summa itself is edited and arranged for beginners. Each article begins with Thomas' answers to the question at hand and then goes to the first objection, followed by the reply to the fist objection, the second objection and its reply, and so on. This arrangement provides a greater accessibility and ease in following the argument. Below the text, copious footnotes illuminate the text as a professor in the classroom might. Some notes provide historical background to figures that Thomas presupposes his reader will know such as Gratian, Dionysius, and Lombard. Other notes offer doctrinal summaries of other parts of the Summa that illuminate what Thomas says about faith, hope, or love. Thomas had an enormous influence on theologians, Church councils, and popes after his time, so some footnotes examine this influence. Thomas drew heavily on sources of wisdom before him, so other footnotes summarize the teachings of earlier authors, such as Aristotle and Augustine. This book also contains introductory essays on the Summa, on faith, on hope, and on love, which provide an overview to situate the reader and place treatment of the theological virtues its larger context of the Summa. For those who have never read Thomas Aquinas on faith, hope, and love (and for those who teach them), this book provides ready access to the wisdom of the Angelic doctor."--

Theological virtues. --- Vertus théologales. --- Thomas, --- Summa theologica (Thomas, Aquinas, Saint)

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Medieval thinkers were both puzzled and fascinated by the capacity of human beings to do what is morally wrong. In this book, Colleen McCluskey offers the first comprehensive examination of Thomas Aquinas' explanation for moral wrongdoing. Her discussion takes in Aquinas' theory of human nature and action, and his explanation of wrong action in terms of defects in human capacities including the intellect, the will, and the passions of the sensory appetite. She also looks at the notion of privation, which underlies Aquinas' account of wrongdoing, as well as his theory of the vices, which intersects with his basic account. The result is a thorough exploration of Aquinas' psychology which is both accessible and illuminating, and will be of interest to a wide range of readers in Aquinas studies, medieval philosophy, the history of theology, and the history of ideas.

Psychology --- Christian ethics --- Good and evil --- Thomas, --- Thomas, - Aquinas, Saint, - 1225?-1274 --- Psychology. --- Christian ethics. --- Good and evil.

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#GGSB: Dogmatiek --- #GGSB: Leeszaal --- Christian dogmatics --- Thomas, --- Dogmatiek --- Leeszaal --- Filosofia cristã. --- Filosofia escolástica. --- Filosofia medieval. --- Teologia. --- Theology. --- Théologie. --- theology. --- Summa theologica (Thomas, Aquinas, Saint). --- Thomas d'Aquin,

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Brian Davies offers a full-scale introduction to Aquinas's philosophy, collecting in one volume essays on Aquinas by some of the world's foremost scholars of medieval philosophy. Taken together, they illuminate the spectrum of Aquinas' thought.

Philosophy --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- History --- Thomas, --- Akʻvineli, Tʻoma, --- Akvinietis, Tomas, --- Akvinskiĭ, Foma, --- Aquinas, --- Aquinas, Thomas, --- Foma, --- Thomas Aquinas, --- Tʻoma, --- Toma, --- Tomas, --- Tomasu, --- Tomasu, Akwinasu, --- Tomasz, --- Tommaso, --- Tʻovma, --- Тома, Аквінський, --- תומאס, --- תומס, --- اكويني ، توما --- Ākvīnās, Tūmās, --- اكويني، توما, --- آکويناس، توماس, --- Philosophy, Medieval --- Logic --- Philosophy of mind --- Thomas, - Aquinas, Saint, - 1225?-1274 --- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 --- Religion