Aquinas Against the Averroists (Purdue University Series in the History of Philosophy) [Paperback]

Ralph M. McInerny (Author), Thomas Aquinas (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1557530297 | ISBN-13: 978-1557530295 | Publication Date: August 1, 1993

In the mid-1260s in Paris, a dispute raged that concerned the relationship between faith and the Augustinian theological tradition on the one side and secular leaning as represented by the arrival in Latin of Aristotle and various Islamic and Jewish interpreters of Aristotle on the other. Masters of the arts faculty in Paris represented the latter tradition, indicated by the phrase "double truth theory." The introduction places the work historically and sketches the controversy to which it was a contribution. Part 2 includes the Latin Leonine text and McInerny's translation. Part 3 analyzes the basic arguments of Thomas's work and provides a series of interpretive essays meant to make Thomas accessible to today's readers.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Latin (translation)
Original Language: Latin --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 236 pages
• Publisher: Purdue University Press (August 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557530297
• ISBN-13: 978-1557530295
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.5 ounces
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful translation and interpretation, August 10, 2000

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This review is from: Aquinas Against the Averroists (Purdue University Series in the History of Philosophy) (Paperback)

Professor McInerny's translation of this polemical work of Aquinas' is clear and readable. His interpretive notes provide extremely helpful elucidation of the original text. The book has been quite useful for me in my understanding of Aquinas' theory of the nature of the human intellect.