THE CHRISTIAN VIRTUE OF MERCY: AQUINAS' TRANSFORMATION OF ARISTO℡IAN PITY
In his discussion of the virtue of mercy (ST, II-II.30), Thomas Aquinas draws upon two seemingly opposed sources. On the one hand, Thomas takes Aristotle as an authority on the subject of compassion. Aristotle maintains in his discussion of pity in the Rhetoric that pity is felt for those who suffer...
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Wiley-Blackwell
2005
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Heythrop journal
Year: 2005, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 181-198 |
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