THOMAS AQUINAS’S COMMENTARY ON ARISTOTLE’S METAPHYSICS: PROLEGOMENA TO THE STUDY OF THE TEXT
This paper shows that the study of Aquinas’ commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics needs to start from the consideration of the literary genre of the work, and from the analysis of the divisio textus. Once these considerations have been made it is possible to appreciate the originality of Aquinas’ do...
| Published in: | Divus Thomas |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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Edizioni Studio Domenicano
2015
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Divus Thomas
Year: 2015, Volume: 118, Issue: 1, Pages: 185-218 |
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| Summary: | This paper shows that the study of Aquinas’ commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics needs to start from the consideration of the literary genre of the work, and from the analysis of the divisio textus. Once these considerations have been made it is possible to appreciate the originality of Aquinas’ doctrine and the philosophical depth of this text. The paper contains preliminary remarks to the study of Aquinas’ commentary on the Metaphysics. These remarks are aimed at promoting a new attention to the study of this text that contains many philosophical riches. Questo articolo mostra che lo studio del commento di Tommaso alla Metafisica deve iniziare dall’analisi del genere letterario dell’opera e da una considerazione della sua divisio textus. Queste considerazioni ci conducono ad apprezzare l’originalità della dottrina tommasiana e l’acume filosofico che emerge dal testo. Questo articolo contiene osservazioni preliminari utili allo studio del commento di Tommaso alla Metafisica e tali osservazioni intendono promuovere una rinnovata attenzione a un testo ricco di profonde analisi filosofiche. |
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