The specification of human actions in St. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas believed that human actions can be identified by species, such as murder, theft, or almsgiving. He used five different terms - end, object, matter, circumstance and motive. This text examines how one determines to which species an act belongs
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2006, 2006
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Series: | Oxford theological monographs / Oxford theological monographs
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Thomas Aquinas believed that human actions can be identified by species, such as murder, theft, or almsgiving. He used five different terms - end, object, matter, circumstance and motive. This text examines how one determines to which species an act belongs |
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Physical Description: | xi, 273 p. |
ISBN: | 9780191603808 |