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Author : Robert Leet Patterson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : God (Christianity)
ISBN : 0415829976
First Published in 1933. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Robert Leet Patterson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : God
ISBN : LCCN:34001032
Author : Christopher Hughes
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 0801417597
Hughes discusses Aquinus' work regarding the apparently irreconcilable theses of natural and revealed theology, and he argues that Aquinas fails in his attempt to reconcile absolute simplicity with the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation. Hughes also offers a provocative account of divine simplicity and explores its implications for the Thomistic doctrines of the Trinity and Incarnation.
Author : Anthony Kenny
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191543975
Anthony Kenny offers a critical examination of a central metaphysical doctrine of Thomas Aquinas, the greatest of the medieval philosophers. Aquinas's account of being is famous and influential: but Kenny argues that it in fact suffers from systematic confusion. Because of the centrality of the doctrine, this has implications for other parts of Aquinas's philosophical system: in particular, Kenny shows that the idea that God is pure being is a hindrance, not a help, to Aquinas's natural theology. Kenny's clear and incisive study, drawing on the scholastic as well as the analytic tradition, dispels the confusion and offers philosophers and theologians a guide through the labyrinth of Aquinas's ontology.
Author : Mortimer J. Adler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781439105139
Dr. Adler, in his discussion, extends and modernizes the argument for the existence of God developed by Aristotle and Aquinas. Without relying on faith, mysticism, or science (none of which, according to Dr. Adler, can prove or disprove the existence of God), he uses a rationalist argument to lead the reader to a point where he or she can see that the existence of God is not necessarily dependent upon a suspension of disbelief. Dr. Adler provides a nondogmatic exposition of the principles behind the belief that God, or some other supernatural cause, has to exist in some form. Through concise and lucid arguments, Dr. Adler shapes a highly emotional and often erratic conception of God into a credible and understandable concept for the lay person.
Author : B.Z. Cooper
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401180931
Thinking about God is historical thinking and that in two senses : the idea of God has a history, and those who think about God think through an historically formed mind. The task of the theologian, is not the attempt to move outside his historicity - such an attempt constitutes a fallacy and not a virtue - but to accept its implications and limitations. Methodologically this means that the theologian must point to the historical perspectives that underlie the idea of God in its development and, in his own constructive thought, must work self-consciously with an historical perspective informed by the psychological and cosmological understanding of his own time. This book centers on that idea which traditionally has been associated with the very godness of God - the idea of divine abso luteness - and puts certain historical, logical, religious and, finally, cosmological questions to it. The roots of that idea lie in Greek thought, which entered Christian theology via the early church is much indication, particularly in Patristic fathers; even so, there trinitarian thought, that the Biblical heritage is pushing theological thlnking towards a social or relative concept of divine being (ch. 1).
Author : Rudi te Velde
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351957618
Aquinas on God presents an accessible exploration of Thomas Aquinas' conception of God. Focusing on the Summa theologiae - the work containing Aquinas' most systematic and complete exposition of the Christian doctrine of God - Rudi te Velde acquaints the reader with Aquinas' theological understanding of God and the metaphysical principles and propositions that underlie his project. Aquinas' conception of God is dealt with not as an isolated metaphysical doctrine, but from the perspective of his broad theological view which underlies the scheme of the Summa. Readers interested in Aquinas, historical theology, metaphysics and metaphysical discourse on God in the Christian tradition will find this new contribution to the studies of Aquinas invaluable.
Author : Scott MacDonald
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501728372
The intuition that there is a necessary connection between being and goodness has guided a philosophical tradition that includes Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Boethius, and Aquinas; but surprisingly, the details of this legacy remain relatively unknown. In exploring this tradition of philosophical reflection on the nature of goodness, the twelve essays in this book (all but two published here for the first time) present some of the best recent historical scholarship in medieval philosophy and make available to nonspecialists an array of sophisticated treatments of issues that remain central to metaphysics and philosophical theology. The contributors, leading philosophers and scholars of medieval philosophy, represent a variety of points of view and take diverse methodological approaches. They address the works of figures from Augustine and Boethius to Suarez, Descartes, and Leibniz, but focus particularly on thirteenth-century thinkers, especially Aquinas.
Author : David B. Burrell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Religion
ISBN : UCSD:31822027942465
"Thomas Aquinas, the most influential of Christian philosopher-theologians, as also one of the great students of logic and language. Here his doctrine of God is subjected to an audacious analysis, advanced with the precision and order that characterises recent work in logical theory and the philosophy of language. The study is designed to lead the reader into an appreciation of the power of Aquinas' philosophical wit, as he directs it towards unravelling what we might say or not say about that which is literally indescribable: divinity." -- From inside front cover.
Author : Brian Davies
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199831456
Brian Davies offers the first in-depth study of Saint Thomas Aquinas's thoughts on God and evil, revealing that Aquinas's thinking about God and evil can be traced through his metaphysical philosophy, his thoughts on God and creation, and his writings about Christian revelation and the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation. Davies first gives an introduction to Aquinas's philosophical theology, as well as a nuanced analysis of the ways in which Aquinas's writings have been considered over time. For hundreds of years scholars have argued that Aquinas's views on God and evil were original and different from those of his contemporaries. Davies shows that Aquinas's views were by modern standards very original, but that in their historical context they were more traditional than many scholars since have realized. Davies also provides insight into what we can learn from Aquinas's philosophy. Thomas Aquinas on God and Evil is a clear and engaging guide for anyone who struggles with the relation of God and theology to the problem of evil.
Author : Rahim Acar
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789047415923
This study compares Avicenna’s and Thomas Aquinas’ conceptions of God, theological language, the nature of creative action and the beginning of the universe. It emphasizes the connection between their positions regarding theological language and their discussions of creation.
Author : Robert Pasnau,Christopher Shields
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000304374
This book introduces Thomas Aquinas's own principal fascinations in philosophy: rational theology, metaphysics, human nature, philosophy of mind, and value theory. It offers an introduction to his overarching explanatory framework in a distinctive deployment of an approach familiar from Aristotle.
Author : Roy Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317547679
For centuries philosophers have argued about the existence and nature of God. Do we need God to explain the origins of the universe? Can there be morality without a divine source of goodness? How can God exist when there is so much evil and suffering in the world? All these questions and many more are brought to life with clarity and style in The God of Philosophy. The arguments for and against God's existence are weighed up, along with discussion of the meaning of religious language, the concept of God and the possibility of life after death. This new edition brings the debate right up to date by exploring the philosophical arguments of the new atheists such as Richard Dawkins, as well as considering what the latest discoveries in science can tell us about why many believe in the existence of the divine.
Author : Burton Z. Cooper
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9401509638
Thinking about God is historical thinking and that in two senses : the idea of God has a history, and those who think about God think through an historically formed mind. The task of the theologian, is not the attempt to move outside his historicity - such an attempt constitutes a fallacy and not a virtue - but to accept its implications and limitations. Methodologically this means that the theologian must point to the historical perspectives that underlie the idea of God in its development and, in his own constructive thought, must work self-consciously with an historical perspective informed by the psychological and cosmological understanding of his own time. This book centers on that idea which traditionally has been associated with the very godness of God - the idea of divine abso luteness - and puts certain historical, logical, religious and, finally, cosmological questions to it. The roots of that idea lie in Greek thought, which entered Christian theology via the early church fathers; even so, there is much indication, particularly in Patristic trinitarian thought, that the Biblical heritage is pushing theological thinking towards a social or relative concept of divine being (ch. 1).
Author : Burton Z. Cooper
Publisher : Springer
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1974-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9401503796
Thinking about God is historical thinking and that in two senses : the idea of God has a history, and those who think about God think through an historically formed mind. The task of the theologian, is not the attempt to move outside his historicity - such an attempt constitutes a fallacy and not a virtue - but to accept its implications and limitations. Methodologically this means that the theologian must point to the historical perspectives that underlie the idea of God in its development and, in his own constructive thought, must work self-consciously with an historical perspective informed by the psychological and cosmological understanding of his own time. This book centers on that idea which traditionally has been associated with the very godness of God - the idea of divine abso luteness - and puts certain historical, logical, religious and, finally, cosmological questions to it. The roots of that idea lie in Greek thought, which entered Christian theology via the early church fathers; even so, there is much indication, particularly in Patristic trinitarian thought, that the Biblical heritage is pushing theological thinking towards a social or relative concept of divine being (ch. 1).