Dialectic and Narrative in Aquinas: An Interpretation of the 'Summa Contra Gentiles'

by Thomas S. Hibbs

Book Overview

Dialectic and Narrative in Aquinas investigates the intent, method, and structural unity of Thomas Aquinas's Summa Contra Gentiles. In this innovative study Thomas S. Hibbs goes against the grain of most traditional interpretations of the work, which claim it serves a missionary or apologetic end, and argues that the intended audience is Christian and that its subject is Christian wisdom. In the process of making his argument, Hibbs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268031134
• ISBN13: 9780268031138
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"