Thomas Aquinas: A Historical and Philosophical Profile, Paperback, Reprint Edition by Porro, Pasquale (Used)

Paperback: Reprint Edition
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9780813230108
0813230101

Publication Date: 2017-06-15
Paperback : 400 pages
Edition: Reprint Edition
Author: Porro, Pasquale
ISBN-10: 0813230101
ISBN-13: 9780813230108

Product Description "In his highly-regarded Thomas Aquinas: A Historical and Philosophical Profile, while grasping fully that by profession and self-understanding Thomas Aquinas was formally a Christian theologian for whom philosophy as such was a noble artifact of an un-Christian past, Pasquale Porro demonstrates that nonetheless in each of his writings Thomas turned decisively to the ancient discipline, at the time embodied in the Arts faculty of the university, not only to ground and guide his reform of theological pedagogy but also, as a sage, to engage directly the complete system of profane sciences. Reflecting the highest standards of philological and textual scholarship (notably the decades-long research of the Leonine Commission) accompanied by judicious philosophic analysis, Porro lucidly exposes the salient philosophical issues in each of Thomas's writings, which he presents in chronological order and interprets within the parameters of the temporal circumstances and institutional imperatives of their composition and in respect of the authoritative texts that Thomas encountered. The clear translation of Porro's original Italian text by Joseph Trabbic and Roger Nutt will make his masterful study readily accessible to English-speaking students and enthusiasts of Thomas Aquinas, and will serve to refine and elevate their discourse about the medieval Dominican." - Kent Emery, Jr., University of Notre Dame

"Biographically situating this thinker's thought and works in time, place, and philosophical and theological context, Porro accomplishes his ambitious task with lucid accounts of major philosophical teachings spelling out the reasoning of Aquinas and Avicenna in the development of his teachings throughout his career. Porro's unique contextual approach to the writings of Aquinas and his astute analyses of arguments make this work both an invaluable introductory volume for students and at the same time an insightful overview for philosophers, theologians, and historians of ideas." – Richard C. Taylor, Marquette University Review "The breadth and depth of Porro's research is exemplary The clear and readable prose, as rendered in English by trabbic and Nutt, is the icing on the cake Summing up: Recommended"--F. A. Grabowski, Rogers State Univ, CHOICE " a significant work in Thomistic studies, which certainly deserves a place in any graduate-level academic collection on philosophy or theology."--Amy Jill Strickland, Catholic Library World "Porro is well-known as an expert on Aquinas, and in the present volume he offers a magisterial contribution to Aquinas scholarship. Anyone with serious interests in Aquinas who lacks fluency in Italian will be grateful to the translators and to the Catholic University of America Press for making the book available in English... his writings contain much that contemporary philosophers can recognize as philosophical. And Porro picks up on this fact to great effect. He offers a wonderful account of Aquinas's philosophy."--Brian Davies, Fordham University, Catholic Historical Review "the translation of Porro's latest book on the Angelic Doctor identifies and fills a gap in Anglophone scholarship"--Mehmet Ciftci, Blackfriars, Oxford, Theology "Anglophone philosophers and Thomists owe a debt of gratitude to Joseph Trabbic and Roger Nutt for their recent translation of Pasquale Porro's Thomas Aquinas: A Historical and Philosophical Profile. One of Europe's leading historians of medieval philosophy and editor of the prestigious journal Quaestio, Porro has achieved a truly original feat: a historical introduction to all of Thomas Aquinas's works accompanied by properly philosophical analyses of numerous key doctrines... Porro's opus stands out as unique within the literature on the Angelic Doctor... Porro writes in a very clear and accessible way, and the quality of his style comes out well in the English translation... There is little doubt that Porro has mastered the vast lit