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Thomas Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Human Act - Couverture souple

Löwe, Can Laurens

 
9781108986533: Thomas Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Human Act
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1108986536 ISBN 13 : 9781108986533
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2023

Synopsis

This book offers a novel account of Aquinas's theory of the human act. It argues that Aquinas takes a human act to be a composite of two power-exercises, where one relates to the other as form to matter. The formal component is an act of the will, and the material component is a power-exercise caused by the will, which Aquinas refers to as the 'commanded act.' The book also argues that Aquinas conceptualizes the act of free choice as a hylomorphic composite: it is, materially, an act of the will, but it inherits a form from reason. As the book aims to show, the core idea of Aquinas's hylomorphic action theory is that the exercise of one power can structure the exercise of another power, and this provides a helpful way to think of the presence of cognition in conation and of intention in bodily movement.

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À propos de l'auteur

Can Laurens Löwe is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, and a Member of the Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities 'Human Abilities.' He has published numerous articles on medieval philosophy and metaphysics in journals including the British Journal for the History of Philosophy and Vivarium.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1108986536
ISBN 13 
9781108986533
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Avery
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