Aquinas Reader

by Mary T. Clark

Book Overview

This new edition of An Aquinas Reader contains in one closely knit volume representative selections that reflect every aspect of Aquinas's philosophy. Divided into three section - Reality, God, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038502505X
• ISBN13: 9780385025058
• Release Date: October 1972
• Publisher: Galilee Book
• Length: 597 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Notable and Worthwhile Reader

This reader is aimed for the graduate student or seminarian studying Philosophy of the Human Person. This particular edition (maroon cover) is slightly different from the edition with the green cover. Section one on Reality is an historical study of St. Thomas's thought on ESSE. When 'An Aquinas Reader' was originally published (1972) that question of what St. Thomas meant by ESSE was a big deal in Thomsitic circles. Sr. Mary discovered that most college metaphysics professors were not interested in following St. Thomas's thought on ESSE as his life and work progressed, but simply on he topics of 'What is metaphysics?' and other foundational stuff. So she changed section one. Sections 2-5 are virtually unchanged. The entire book enjoys coherence. Sr. Mary uses headings for each section and gives the source, so that if one so desires, one can go back to the original text and read it in its entirety. In fact, she would encourage anyone and everyone to read the original. The Reader is really a sourcebook to help students understand Thomas and introduce us to a wide range of his works.

Up to date and comprehensive

Mary Clark's revision of the Aquinas reader offers the most up to date and comprehensive selection of Aquinas' texts currently available. Especially notable is the way this revision includes principal texts from Aquinas' writings on participation, the centrality of which is now accepted in Continental Thomist studies and is increasingly understood here in the North America (cf. Norris Clarke, John Wippel, et. al.). Highly recommended.And despite what a previous reviewer said, Mary Clark's introductions and explications are wonderful.