Growing in virtue: Aquinas on habit
"This book provides a Thomistic account of growing in virtue. That account requires a precise explanation of what habits are, why they are needed, and what they supply once possessed. The book begins with a technical analysis of habit based on the thought of Thomas Aquinas. That analysis suppli...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
Georgetown University Press
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Moral traditions
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
/ Christian ethics
/ Virtue ethics
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| Further subjects: | B
Habit (Philosophy)
B Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274) B Virtue B Christian Ethics |
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Table of Contents Blurb Literaturverzeichnis |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Mattison, William C., III, 1971-: Growing in virtue. - Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2023. - 9781647123291 |
| Summary: | "This book provides a Thomistic account of growing in virtue. That account requires a precise explanation of what habits are, why they are needed, and what they supply once possessed. The book begins with a technical analysis of habit based on the thought of Thomas Aquinas. That analysis supplies a foundation for the two central parts of the book. The author first offers an account on the attainment of and growth in acquired virtue, in dialogue with contemporary moral philosophy and addressing recent debates in moral theology. He then offers an account of the attainment of and growth in infused virtue, in a manner attentive to the continuities and discontinuities between natural and supernatural virtues. In conclusion, the book has two appendices, written in the genre of the Scholastic "disputed question," on the relationship between the acquired and infused virtues"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1647123283 |