Aquinas, ethics, and philosophy of religion : metaphysics and practice /

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Author / Creator:Hibbs, Thomas S.
Imprint:Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©2007.
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 236 pages)
Language:English
Series:Indiana series in the philosophy of religion
Indiana series in the philosophy of religion.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11158821
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ISBN:9780253116765
0253116767
0253348811
9780253348814
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:In Aquinas, Ethics, and Philosophy of Religion, Thomas Hibbs recovers the notion of practice to develop a more descriptive account of human action and knowing, grounded in the venerable vocabulary of virtue and vice. Drawing on Aquinas, who believed that all good works originate from virtue, Hibbs postulates how epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, and theology combine into a set of contemporary philosophical practices that remain open to metaphysics. Hibbs brings Aquinas into conversation with analytic and Continental philosophy and suggests how a more nuanced appreciation for his thought enric.
Other form:Print version: Hibbs, Thomas S. Aquinas, ethics, and philosophy of religion. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2007 0253348811