Thomas Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Human Act
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1108833640
ISBN-13
9781108833646
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 8th, 2021
Print length
280 Pages
Weight
492 grams
Dimensions
15.90 x 23.60 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600Philosophy of religionTheology
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This book offers a novel account of Aquinas's theory of the human act. It argues that Aquinas takes a human act to be a composite of two power-exercises, where one relates to the other as form to matter. It will appeal to scholars and students interested in medieval philosophy.
This book offers a novel account of Aquinas''s theory of the human act. It argues that Aquinas takes a human act to be a composite of two power-exercises, where one relates to the other as form to matter. The formal component is an act of the will, and the material component is a power-exercise caused by the will, which Aquinas refers to as the ''commanded act.'' The book also argues that Aquinas conceptualizes the act of free choice as a hylomorphic composite: it is, materially, an act of the will, but it inherits a form from reason. As the book aims to show, the core idea of Aquinas''s hylomorphic action theory is that the exercise of one power can structure the exercise of another power, and this provides a helpful way to think of the presence of cognition in conation and of intention in bodily movement.
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