Questions on Love and Charity: Summa Theologiae, Secunda Secundae, Questions 23–46 (Rethinking the Western Tradition) - Softcover

Aquinas, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300195419 ISBN 13: 9780300195415

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2016

Synopsis

A fresh translation of quaestiones from the Summa theologiae of Thomas Aquinas, edited by Robert Miner. This volume provides direct access to the medieval theologian’s deepest thinking about the supreme goal of human life—blessedness—and the virtue most intimately related to this goal—charity. The edition also contains Aquinas’s treatment of charity’s effects—love, joy, peace, and mercy—and the vices opposed to them, such as hatred, envy, and war. Featuring five supplementary essays by noted Aquinas scholars, the volume will enable readers to engage more thoroughly with the thought of Thomas Aquinas.

About this title

About the Author

Robert C. Mineris author of Thomas Aquinas on the Passions and professor of philosophy in the Honors College at Baylor University.

Review

“This indispensable volume includes not only a lucid, beautifully executed translation of Thomas Aquinas’s treatise on charity but also five supplementary essays . . . With its updated translation, references to modern critical editions, and supplementary essays, this text has much to offer.”—Choice (Choice)

“People trying to translate Aquinas face many challenges. Yet Miner has risen to them admirably so as to produce something that reads clearly while conveying the sense of what Aquinas has to say.”—Commonweal (Commonweal)

Edition details

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0300195419
• ISBN 13: 9780300195415
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Miner Robert C.