Brian Davies
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xi, 172 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Aquinas scholar Brian Davies here offers an in-depth study of the saint's thoughts on God and evil, revealing that Aquinas's thinking about God and evil can be traced through his metaphysical philosophy, his thoughts on God and creation, and his writings about Christian revelation and the doctrines of the Trinity.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xv, 454 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Following a scholarly account of Thomas Aquinas's life, Davies explores his purposes in writing the Summa Theologiae and works systematically through each of its three Parts. He also relates their contents and Aquinas's teachings to those of other works and other thinkers both theological and philosophical. The concluding chapter considers the impact Aquinas's best-known work has exerted since its first appearance, and why it is still studied today....