Selected Philosophical Writings

by Thomas Aquinas, Timothy McDermott

Overview

St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) saw religion as part of the natural human propensity to worship. His ability to recognize the naturalness of this phenomenon and simultaneously to go beyond it—to explore, for example, spiritual revelation—makes his work as fresh and readable today as it was seven centuries ago.
This accessible new translation offers thirty-eight substantial passages not only from the indispensable Summa Theologicae, but from many other works, fully illustrating the breadth and progression of Aquinas's philosophy. It is an ideal introduction to this key figure in the philosophy of religion.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199540273
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/01/2008
Series:	Oxford World's Classics Series
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 1.00(d)

Editorial Reviews

"All those teachers who wish to include Aquinas in their courses (whether of philosophy, history, or theology) will be in McDermott's debt.... by making available so rich a selection of Aquinas' writing, he puts [readers] into the best position to draw their own conclusions."—International Philosophical Quarterly

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