In this Book
- Dynamic Transcendentals: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty from a Thomistic Perspective
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: The Catholic University of America Press
summary
Addressing contemporary interest in the relationship between metaphysics and ethics, as well as the significance of beauty for ethics, Alice Ramos presents an accessible study of the transcendentals and provides a dynamic rather than static view of truth, goodness, and beauty.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-8
- Part I. Truth, Measure, and Virtue
- 2. Aquinas on Measure
- pp. 27-46
- Part II. Beauty, Order, and Teleology: The Perfection of Man and the Universe
- 5. Evil, Order, and Providence
- pp. 94-107
- 6. The Experience of Vulnerability and Shame
- pp. 108-121
- 7. On the Good and Glory
- pp. 122-132
- 8. Human Life and the World Transfigured
- pp. 133-144
- Part III. Goodness and Beauty: Human Reason and the True Good
- Conclusion
- pp. 227-234
- Bibliography
- pp. 235-244
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813219660
Related ISBN(s)
9780813219653
MARC Record
OCLC
813928727
Pages
266
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2012
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