THE CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

by Etienne Gilson ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 28, 1956

The English version of the last French edition of Le Thomisme (5th ed., Paris, 1948), this volume is a cogent exposition and penetrating interpretation of the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas by an outstanding thomist and eminent historian of medieval thought. With characteristic clarity, order, comprehensiveness and detail, the author presents the thought of St. Thomas on God, nature, man and morality as a living philosophy. His interpretation stresses the primacy of the act of existence, universal application of the principles of analogy and hierarchy and general freedom from neo-Platonic abstractionism as the most important features of St. Thomas' thought. This is a book for all students of philosophy and for all who are interested in the thought and culture of the western world.

Pub Date: Sept. 28, 1956

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Publisher: Random House

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1956

Categories: NONFICTION