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Thomas Aquinas: A Portrait

Thomas Aquinas: A Portrait

Turner, Denys

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ISBN10: 0300205945
ISBN13: 9780300205947
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 27 2014
Pages: 312
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.83 Width: 5.49 Depth: 8.39
Language: English
An illuminating introduction to the elusive Thomas Aquinas--the man and the saint

A marvellous introduction to the thought of the most daring and most important thinker of the Christian Middle Ages. . . . The best single-volume introduction to St. Thomas.--Eamon Duffy, The Tablet

Rich, provocative and sophisticated, a work of both passion and serious scholarship. It is a triumph.--Jonathan Wright, Catholic Herald

Leaving so few traces of himself behind, Thomas Aquinas seems to defy the efforts of the biographer. Highly visible as a public teacher, preacher, and theologian, he nevertheless has remained nearly invisible as man and saint. What can be discovered about Thomas Aquinas as a whole? In this short, compelling portrait, Denys Turner clears away the haze of time and brings Thomas vividly to life for contemporary readers--those unfamiliar with the saint as well as those well acquainted with his teachings.

Building on the best biographical scholarship available today and reading the works of Thomas with piercing acuity, Turner seeks the point at which the man, the mind, and the soul of Thomas Aquinas intersect. Reflecting upon Thomas, a man of Christian Trinitarian faith yet one whose thought is grounded firmly in the body's interaction with the material world, a thinker at once confident in the powers of human reason and a man of prayer, Turner provides a more detailed human portrait than ever before of one of the most influential philosophers and theologians in all of Western thought.

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