TY - BOOK ID - 77860529 TI - Political writings AU - Thomas AU - Dyson, R W PY - 2002 SN - 1107111595 1280416564 9786610416561 0511801955 0511176910 0511020821 0511304684 0511052472 9780511020827 0511037252 9780511037252 9780521375696 052137569X 9780511801952 0521375959 9780521375955 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Justice. KW - Justice - Early works to 1800. KW - Law. KW - Political science. KW - Political science KW - Law KW - Justice KW - Political Science KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Political Theory of the State KW - Acts, Legislative KW - Enactments, Legislative KW - Laws (Statutes) KW - Legislative acts KW - Legislative enactments KW - Jurisprudence KW - Legislation KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - Philosophy KW - Social Sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77860529 AB - Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) is a massive figure in the history of western thought and of the Catholic church. In this major addition to the Cambridge Texts series Robert Dyson (whose modern rendition of Augustine's City of God has already been widely acclaimed) has chosen texts by Aquinas that show his development of a Christian version of the philosophy of Aristotle, its contrast with the Augustinian thought that had coloured so much political thinking in the previous eight centuries, and St Thomas's views as to the purpose of government, constitutions, and the relations between secular and ecclesiastical power. Property, slavery, and usury are fully covered, as are St Thomas's celebrated and influential writings on law. The translations are extremely accessible and the whole is supported by all of the usual series features designed to assist the student reader, including brief biographies, notes for further reading and a concise critical introduction. ER -