Aquinas: Basic Works: Basic Works

Hause and Pasnau present an anthology of writing by Aquinas (1224-73) that is basic in senses that selected passages both treat of issues of central importance in his thought throughout his career, and are foundational for the study of other topics in his system of thought. Sections on philosophical foundations, God and human nature, and ethics and human form, contain treatises on the principles of nature, being and essence, the divine nature, human nature, happiness, human acts, disputed questions on virtue, and law. The translations are by a variety of people. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Drawn from a wide range of writings and featuring state-of-the-art translations, Basic Works offers convenient access to Thomas Aquinas' most important discussions of nature, being and essence, divine and human nature, and ethics and human action.The translations all capture Aquinas's sharp, transparent style and display terminological consistency. Many were originally published in the acclaimed translation-cum-commentary series The Hackett Aquinas, edited by Robert Pasnau and Jeffrey Hause. Others appear here for the first time: Eleonore Stump and Stephen Chanderbahn's translation of On the Principles of Nature, Peter King's translation of On Being and Essence, and Thomas Williams' translations of the treatises On Happiness and On Human Acts from the Summa theologiae.Basic Works will enable students to immerse themselves in Aquinas's thought by offering his fundamental works without internal abridgements. It will also appeal to anyone in search of an up-to-date, one-volume collection containing Aquinas' essential philosophical contributions from the Five Ways to the immortality of the soul, and from the nature of happiness to virtue theory, and on to natural law.