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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785748903321

Autore

Ramos Alice <1948->

Titolo

Dynamic transcendentals [[electronic resource] ] : 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

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.