Aquinas: An Introduction to the Life and Work of the Great

Aquinas: An Introduction to the Life and Work of the Great Medieval Thinker

Aquinas (1224-74) lived at a time when the Christian West was opening up to a wealth of Greek and Islamic philosophical speculation. An embodiment of the thirteenth-century ideal of a unified interpretation of reality (in which philosophy and theology work together in harmony), Aquinas was remarkable for the way in which he used and developed this legacy of ancient thoughtâ€”an achievement which led his contemporaries to regard him as an advanced thinker.
Father Copleston's lucid and stimulating book examines this extraordinary manâ€”whose influence is perhaps greater today than in his own lifetimeâ€”and his trought, relating his ideas wherever possible to problems as they are discussed today.
Country USA
Brand Penguin Books
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber RKC2006608456
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 1956-01-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780140136746

Aquinas: An Introduction to the Life and Work of the Great Medieval Thinker