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The primacy of love : an introduction to the ethics of Thomas Aquinas / by Paul J. Wadell.

Title
The primacy of love : an introduction to the ethics of Thomas Aquinas / by Paul J. Wadell.
Author
Wadell, Paul J.
Publication
New York : Paulist Press, c1992.

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Description
iii, 162 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 > Ethics
  • Ethics, Medieval
  • Virtues > History
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-153) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Meeting a Man with Designs on Us -- 2. Why We Do Anything At All: A Look At Human Behavior -- 3. Happiness: The One Thing Everybody Wants -- 4. Charity: The Virtue of Friendship with God -- 5. The Passions and Affections in the Moral Life: Exploring the Primacy of Love -- 6. The Passions and Affections in the Moral Life: Finding the Strength to Go On -- 7. The Virtues: Actions That Guide Us to Fullness of Life -- 8. The Virtues: Finding Our Perfection in a Gift -- 9. What to Make of a God of Love? Some Conclusions about Aquinas's Vision of the Moral Life.
ISBN
0809132257 (pbk.) :
LCCN
^^^90024819^
OCLC
  • 22767645
  • SCSB-10642616
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library