02378nam 2200541Ia 450 991095477710332120251117084839.00-8132-1966-3(CKB)2670000000242112(EBL)3134963(SSID)ssj0000720452(PQKBManifestationID)11477976(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000720452(PQKBWorkID)10668852(PQKB)11343495(OCoLC)813928727(MdBmJHUP)muse24247(Au-PeEL)EBL3134963(CaPaEBR)ebr10603284(OCoLC)922996891(MiAaPQ)EBC3134963(EXLCZ)99267000000024211220111004d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDynamic transcendentals truth, goodness, and beauty from a Thomistic perspective /Alice M. Ramos1st ed.Washington, D.C. Catholic University of America Pressc20121 online resource (274 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8132-1965-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.TranscendentalsTranscendentals.111.8Ramos Alice1948-1857173MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954777103321Dynamic transcendentals4457890UNINA