Aquinas: Basic Works (The Hackett Aquinas)

Aquinas: Basic Works (The Hackett Aquinas)

<DIV><P>Drawn from a wide range of writings and featuring state-of-the-art translations, <I>Basic Works</I> offers convenient access to Thomas Aquinas' most important discussions of nature, being and essence, divine and human nature, and ethics and human action.</P><P>The translations all capture Aquinas's sharp, transparent style and display terminological consistency. Many were originally published in the acclaimed translation-cum-commentary series <I>The Hackett Aquinas</I>, edited by Robert Pasnau and Jeffrey Hause. Others appear here for the first time: Eleonore Stump and Stephen Chanderbahn's translation of <I>On the Principles of Nature</I>, Peter King's translation of <I>On Being and Essence</I>, and Thomas Williams' translations of the treatises On Happiness and On Human Acts from the Summa theologiae.</P><P><I>Basic Works</I> 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.</P></DIV>