Infused virtue as virtue simply: the centrality of the Augustinian definition in Summa theologiae I/2.55-67

‘Virtue is a good quality of the mind, by which one lives rightly, which no one uses badly, which God works in us without us.' Thomas Aquinas quotes this ‘Augustinian' definition near the beginning of his treatment of virtue in general. Because it fails to apply to acquired virtues, some c...

Полное описание

Сохранить в:  
Библиографические подробности
Главный автор: Miner, Robert C. 1970- (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
Проверить наличие: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Загрузка...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Опубликовано: Cambridge Univ. Press [2018]
В: Scottish journal of theology
Год: 2018, Том: 71, Выпуск: 4, Страницы: 411-424
Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности):B Aristoteles 384 до н.э.-322 до н.э. / Augustinus, Aurelius, Святой (мотив) 354-430 / Восприятие (мотив) / Thomas, von Aquin, Heiliger 1225-1274, Summa theologiae 1 / Добродетель (мотив) / Внешний вид
Индексация IxTheo:KAE Высокое средневековье
KDB Католическая церковь
NCA Этика
VA Философия
Другие ключевые слова:B Augustine
B Ethics
B infused virtue
B Peter Lombard
B Virtue
B Thomas Aquinas
Online-ссылка: Volltext (Verlag)
Volltext (doi)
Описание
Итог:‘Virtue is a good quality of the mind, by which one lives rightly, which no one uses badly, which God works in us without us.' Thomas Aquinas quotes this ‘Augustinian' definition near the beginning of his treatment of virtue in general. Because it fails to apply to acquired virtues, some conclude that Aquinas presents this definition only to set it aside. Against such interpretations, I demonstrate that Thomas' use of the definition is the key to understanding the treatment of virtue at Summa I/2.55-63. First, I show why Thomas places the definition where he does, at the end of question 55. Second, I show that the definition is not peripheral but rather discloses the inner logic of his treatment of virtue. Finally, I show that for the reader who grasps this inner logic, the conclusion drawn explicitly at Question 65 - that only infused virtue is virtue simply - is revealing but not surprising.
ISSN:1475-3065
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0036930618000601