Commentary on the Sentences, Book IV, 1-13 (Latin-English Opera Omnia)

Saint Thomas Aquinas

ISBN 10: 1623400384 / ISBN 13: 9781623400385

Published by Emmaus Academic, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Commentary on the Sentences, Book IV, 1-13 (Latin-English Opera Omnia)
• Publisher: Emmaus Academic
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1623400384
• ISBN 13: 9781623400385
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Sentences of Peter Lombard was the standard theological text from the twelfth through the fifteenth century (and even well beyond that in some places); producing a commentary on it was the equivalent of a doctoral dissertation, since it qualified the commentator to teach at the university level. Accordingly, all of the famous medieval scholastics, from Alexander of Hales to John Duns Scotus to William of Ockham, produced their own commentaries on the Sentences. Appearing for the first time in English, this volume features a bilingual Latin-English edition of Aquinas first major work, the Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard.

About the Author

An intellectual giant of the 13th century, Thomas Aquinas is best known for the clarity of thought in his philosophical and theological writings. His primary occupation at the University of Paris was as a theologian and a commentator on Sacred Scripture, and his philosophical work was always at the service of his Scriptural meditations. The writings of Thomas Aquinas remain widely influential to this day. In his thinking, the demands of reason and the power of faith found the most elevated synthesis ever attained by human thought. (John Paul II, Fides et Ratio)