1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990006544930403321

Autore

Kagan, Donald <1932- >

Titolo

Pericle di Atene e la nascita della democrazia / Donald Kagan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : A. Mondadori, 1991

Descrizione fisica

XII, 356 p. : ill. ; 21 cm

Collana

Saggi

Locazione

FSPBC

DDR

Collocazione

XII A 981

DDR-IV B 037.5

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954777103321

Autore

Ramos Alice <1948->

Titolo

Dynamic transcendentals : truth, goodness, and beauty from a Thomistic perspective / / Alice M. Ramos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2012

ISBN

0-8132-1966-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Disciplina

111.8

Soggetti

Transcendentals

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A metaphysics of the truth of creation: foundation of the desire for God -- Aquinas on measure -- The affections and the life of the mind -- Beauty and the perfection of being -- Evil, order, and providence -- The experience of vulnerability and shame -- On the good and glory --



Human life and the world transfigured -- The good and the beautiful: why the nonvirtuous person can see the beauty of a good act -- Moral beauty and affective knowledge in Aquinas -- Art, truth, and morality: aesthetic self-forgetfulness versus recognition.

Sommario/riassunto

Addressing contemporary interest in the relationship between metaphysics and ethics, as well as the significance of beauty for ethics, Alice Ramos presents an accessible study of the transcendentals and provides a dynamic rather than static view of truth, goodness, and beauty.