Aquinas

276 Pages·1982·27.569 MB·English

by  Frederick Charles Copleston

AQU
NAS
I
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LIFE AND WORK
OFTHE GREAT MEDIEVALTHINKER
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F.C.COPLESTON

PELICANBOOKS
AQUINAS
F.C.CoplestonwasbornnearTauntonin1907.Hewaseducated
atMarlboroughCollegeandStJohn'sCollege, Oxford. In 1930
he entered the Society ofJesus and after philosophical and
theologicalstudieswasordainedin1937.In1939hewasappointed
Professor of Philosophy at Heythrop College, Oxfordshire, a
postwhichhehelduntil1970whenhewasappointedPrincipalof
the college. Since the war he has lectured in Germany, Italy,
SpainandAmericaandhasspokenonphilosophicaltopicsinthe
Third Programme. In 1952 he was appointed Professor of
MetaphysicsinthedoctoratecourseattheGregorianUniversity,
Rome, where he lectured during the first semester until 1968.
From 1972to 1974hewas DeanoftheFacultyofTheologyand
Professor of the History of Philosophy in the University of
London. Onhisretirementin1974hewasappointedanEmeritus
Professor at the UniversityofLondon. Sincethenhehasbeena
Visiting Professoratthe UniversityofSantaClarain California
(1975) and at the University ofHawaii (1976) and was Gifford
Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen for 1979-80. He was
electedaFellowoftheBritishAcademyin1970andwasmadean
HonoraryFellowofStJohn'sCollege, Oxford, in 1975.
He is the author ofworks on Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, as
wellasofAHistoryofPhilosophy, ofwhichninevolumeshaveso
farappeared. AHistoryofMedievalPhilosophy(1972), Religionand
Philosophy (1974), Philosophers and Philosophies, a collection of
essays (1976), OntheHistoryofPhilosophy(1979),Philosophiesand
Cultures(1980),ReligionandtheOne(1982)andPhilosophyinRussia
(1986). His publication Contemporary Philosophy contains papers
on such topics as positivism, the function ofmetaphysics, and
existentialism.

AQUINAS
COPLESTON
F. C.
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Firstpublished1955
Reprinted1957, 1959,1961,1963, 1.965, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1979. 1982,1986
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Contents
Prefatory Note
9
Introductory
i 17
2 The World and Metaphysics
73
God and Creation hi
3
Man Body and Soul
4 (i): 156
5 Man (2): Morality and Society 199
6 Thomism 243
Bibliographical Notes
265
Index 268