Aquinas, ethics, and philosophy of religion [[electronic resource] ] : metaphysics and practice / / Thomas Hibbs

• Autore: Hibbs Thomas S
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Disciplina: 189/.4
• Soggetto topico: Ethics; Metaphysics; Religion - Philosophy; Virtue
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-232) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Ethics as a guide into metaphysics -- Virtue and practice -- Self-implicating knowledge: the practice of intellectual virtue -- Dependent animal rationality: epistemology as anthropology -- Metaphysics and/as practice -- Metaphysics, theology, and the practice of naming God -- The presence of a hidden God: idolatry, metaphysics, and forms of life -- Portraits of the artist: eros, metaphysics, and beauty -- Metaphysics of contingency, divine artistry of hope.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Aquinas, Ethics, and Philosophy of Religion, Thomas Hibbs recovers the notion of practice to develop a more descriptive account of human action and knowing, grounded in the venerable vocabulary of virtue and vice. Drawing on Aquinas, who believed that all good works originate from virtue, Hibbs postulates how epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, and theology combine into a set of contemporary philosophical practices that remain open to metaphysics. Hibbs brings Aquinas into conversation with analytic
• Titolo autorizzato: Aquinas, ethics, and philosophy of religion
• ISBN: 1-282-07825-9; 9786612078255; 0-253-11676-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451877203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Indiana series in the philosophy of religion.