On Evil
The De Malo represents some of Aquinas' most mature thinking on goodness, badness, and human agency. In it he examines the full range of questions associated with evil: its origin, its nature, its relation to good, and its compatibility with the existence of an omnipotent, benevolent God. This edition offers Richard Regan's new, clear readable English translation, based on the Leonine Commission's authoritative edition of the Latin text. Brian Davies has provided an extensive introduction and notes. (Please note: this edition does not include the Latin text).
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On Evil
The De Malo represents some of Aquinas' most mature thinking on goodness, badness, and human agency. In it he examines the full range of questions associated with evil: its origin, its nature, its relation to good, and its compatibility with the existence of an omnipotent, benevolent God. This edition offers Richard Regan's new, clear readable English translation, based on the Leonine Commission's authoritative edition of the Latin text. Brian Davies has provided an extensive introduction and notes. (Please note: this edition does not include the Latin text).
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The De Malo represents some of Aquinas' most mature thinking on goodness, badness, and human agency. In it he examines the full range of questions associated with evil: its origin, its nature, its relation to good, and its compatibility with the existence of an omnipotent, benevolent God. This edition offers Richard Regan's new, clear readable English translation, based on the Leonine Commission's authoritative edition of the Latin text. Brian Davies has provided an extensive introduction and notes. (Please note: this edition does not include the Latin text).

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780195091830
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 03/20/2003
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 560
Product dimensions: 6.08(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.19(d)

About the Author

The late John A. Oesterle was the author of Logic: The Art of Defining and Reasoning and the translator of Treatise on Happiness (Notre Dame Press, 1983) and Treatise on the Virtues (Notre Dame Press, 1984).

Jean T. Oesterle is the translator of St. Thomas's and Cajetan's Commentary on Aristotle's Perihermeneias (On the Enunciation).

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