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

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

by F . Copleston (Author)

Synopsis

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 thought - an achievement which led his contemporaries to regard him as an advanced thinker. Father Copleston's lucid and stimulating book examines this extraordinary man - whose influence is perhaps greater today than in his own lifetime - and his thought, relating his ideas wherever possible to problems as they are discussed today.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: Penguin Books
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 25 Jul 1991

ISBN 10: 0140136746
ISBN 13: 9780140136746

Author Bio
Fr. Frederick Copleston (1907-1994) was the Principal of Heythrop College, University of London.