Self Knowledge in Thomas Aquinas: The Angelic Doctor on the Soul's Knowledge of Itself
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (988 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1420889664 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 440 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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in Philosophy at St. He earned his B.A. His scholarly productions have included translations, book reviews, a newspaper column, and a wide variety of articles and papers, many of them on Saint Thomas Aquinas. He is a member of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, and a charter member of the International Berkeley Society. Richard Thomas Lambert is Pr
He is a member of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, and a charter member of the International Berkeley Society. About the Author Richard Thomas Lambert is Professor of Philosophy at Carroll College in Helena, Montana, where he has served since 1970. Dr. . He earned his B.A. Lambert is married to Barbara Weydert Lambert, and has three children. He has served as officer and national president of Delta Epsilon Sigma, an honorary society for students at Catholic colleges. Bernard's College in Rochester (NY), and a Philosophy doctorate at the University of Notre Dame. in Philosophy at St. His scholarly productions have included translations, book reviews, a newspaper column, and a wide variety of articles and papers, many of them on Saint Thomas Aquinas
On the other hand, the book is not narrowly specialized in Aquinas or a single methodology, but includes broad reference to worldwide traditions and attempts to integrate St. The primary approach is that of "critical narrative, which attempts to understand St. This study concerns the position of Saint Thomas Aquinas on human self knowledge (the soul's knowledge of itself, in medieval idiom). This work is serious scholarship that presumes reader interest in philosophical reflection and some background in medieval type thinking. Thomas's approach into topics of contemporary interest.. Its main goal is to present a comprehensive account of Aquinas's philosophy of self knowledge, by clarifying his texts on this topic and explaining why he made the claims he did. And a third is to apply Aquinas's approach and insights to sel
a landmark study This is a very scrupulously scholarly work independently published from a man who has spent a life-time in the texts, and not just the Summa. The author tries to get close up to what Thomas says and might have meant. This book drove it home to me how "Thomistic" (and prejudiced) Thomas scholarship is on the whole. Thomists with international reputations "bend" Thomas to make him seem relevant or authoritative (or both) on every conceivable philosophical issue, so we find Thomas dragged into debate with post-Wittgenstein analytical philosophy or Thomas and Husserlian phenomenology and the like - and of course in such books Thomas always t