Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on happiness and ultimate purpose
"Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on Happiness and Ultimate Purpose This monumental, line-by-line commentary makes Thomas Aquinas's classic Treatise on Happiness and Ultimate Purpose accessible to all readers. Budziszewski illuminates arguments that even specialists find challe...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cambridge University Press
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Happiness
/ Thomas, von Aquin, Heiliger 1225-1274, Summa theologiae 2,1,1-5
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Commentary
B Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274) Summa theologica Prima secundae Quaestio 1-5 B Happiness Early works to 1800 B Christian Ethics Catholic authors Early works to 1800 |
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| Summary: | "Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on Happiness and Ultimate Purpose This monumental, line-by-line commentary makes Thomas Aquinas's classic Treatise on Happiness and Ultimate Purpose accessible to all readers. Budziszewski illuminates arguments that even specialists find challenging: What is happiness? Is it something that we have, feel, or do? Does it lie in such things as wealth, power, fame, having friends, or knowing God? Can it actually be attained? This book's luminous prose makes Aquinas's treatise transparent, bringing to light profound underlying issues concerning knowledge, meaning, human psychology, and even the nature of reality"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1108477992 |