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Aquinas on Virtue, Part 1 (Introduction)

From His Treatise on the Virtues

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Allan Bevere
Apr 25, 2024
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In his Summa Theologiae, Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274) offers a closely reasoned and orderly Treatise on the Virtues. Aquinas drew heavily from the philosopher Aristotle, but also imported theological considerations that moved beyond the ancient Greek philosopher.

Aristotle was concerned with (among other things) what has been referred to as the function ar…

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