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In this extensive and deeply researched study, Eleonore Stump examines Aquinas' major works, and clearly assesses the vast range of Aquinas' thought. This unrivalled study is an indispensable resource for studying Aquinas.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #318335 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 640 pages

Review
'Outstanding ... I am sure that it will stand for many years as the best contribution to the field.' - Arthur Gibson, Trinity College, Cambridge

'A really magnificent study. The approach throughout is judicious, careful and just plain sensible, both in terms of form and content.' - Richard Cross, Oriel College, Oxford

'Many books on Aquinas are of merely historical interest. Many others, though seeking to engage with Aquinas intellectually, often fail to appreciate the true nature of his reasoning. This book, however, brilliantly succeeds both at the level of exegisis and at that of assessment. It displays a scholarly grasp of Aquinas's thought and a skillful ability critically to relate this to some of the most notable recent developments in philosophy. It is essential reading for anyone concerned to understand Aquinas and to evaluate what he says.' - Brian Davies, Fordham University, New York

'This book is an astounding achievement. It will not be superseded for decades. It will surely remain on the bibliography for as long as Thomas Aquinas is regarded as a major thinker; for as long as there is Western philosophy.' - Fergus Kerr, Ars Disputandi

‘This is by far the best book we have on Aquinas’s philosophy as a whole, and it will undoubtedly become a standard point of reference for anyone interested in his work’- Robert Pasnau, Mind

From the Back Cover
Few philosophers or theologians exerted as much influence on the shape of medieval thought as Thomas Aquinas and he ranks amongst the most famous of the Western philosophers. He was responsible for almost single handedly bringing the philosophy of Aristotle into harmony with Christianity and was amongst the first philosophers to argue that philosophy and theology could support each other. The shape of metaphysics, theology and Aristotelian thought today still bears the imprint of Aquinas work. In this extensive and deeply researched study, Eleonore Stump engages Aquinas across the full range of his philosophical writings. She examines Aquinas' major works, Summa Theologiae and Summa Contra Gentiles and clearly assesses the vast range of Aquinas' thought from his metaphysics, theology, philosophy of mind and epistemology to his views on free will, action, the soul and ethics, law and politics. She considers the influence of Aquinas' thought on contemporary philosophy and why he should still be read today. Philosophers, theologians and students, of the medieval period alike will find this unrivalled study an indispensable resource in researching and teaching Aquinas.

About the Author

Eleonore Stump is the Robert J. Henle, S.J. Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University. Her previous books include Boethius’s De topicis differentiis (1978; reprinted 1989); Boethius’s In Ciceronis Topica (1988); Dialectic and Its Place in the Development of Medieval Logic (1980); The Cambridge Companion to Aquinas (ed. with Norman Kretzmann) (1993); Aquinas’s Moral Theory: Essays in Honor of Norman Kretzmann (ed. with Scott MacDonald) (1999); and The Cambridge Companion to Augustine (ed. With Norman Kretzmann) (2001).