Book contents
- Virtue and Grace in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas
- Virtue and Grace in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations of Aquinas’s Works
- Introduction
- Part I Virtue and the Developments in Grace
- 1 A Brief Overview of the Thomistic Understanding of Virtue
- 2 Analogous Language and Meanings
- 3 Historical Context of the Foundations of Virtue
- Part II The Conditions of Virtue Simpliciter
- Part III The Conditions of Virtue Secundum Quid
- Part IV Confirmations and Conclusions
- Conclusion
- Selected Works Cited
- Index
2 - Analogous Language and Meanings
from Part I - Virtue and the Developments in Grace
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2020
Book contents
- Virtue and Grace in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas
- Virtue and Grace in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations of Aquinas’s Works
- Introduction
- Part I Virtue and the Developments in Grace
- 1 A Brief Overview of the Thomistic Understanding of Virtue
- 2 Analogous Language and Meanings
- 3 Historical Context of the Foundations of Virtue
- Part II The Conditions of Virtue Simpliciter
- Part III The Conditions of Virtue Secundum Quid
- Part IV Confirmations and Conclusions
- Conclusion
- Selected Works Cited
- Index
Summary
The essence and principles forming virtue give rise to polyvalent meanings of virtue in Aquinas’s oeuvre. The highlighting of his language and use, therefore, ought not be thought an unimportant task. It constitutes a vital aspect of the larger question: In what way, if at all, can Aquinas’s account of virtue distinguish itself from the theological context in which that language of virtue was used? Before we can bring that larger question into sharper focus, we require an understanding of both Aquinas’s actual language and the relations pertaining among his various meanings of virtue.
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- Virtue and Grace in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas , pp. 33 - 64Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020