The saint and the atheist: Thomas Aquinas and Jean-Paul Sartre

"It is hard to think of two philosophers less alike than St. Thomas Aquinas and Jean-Paul Sartre. The former was a thirteenth-century Dominican friar known for reconciling the teachings of the Catholic Church with Aristotelianism. The latter was a twentieth-century intellectual known as the cen...

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Auteur principal: Catalano, Joseph S. (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Chicago London The University of Chicago Press 2021
Dans:Année: 2021
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Thomas, von Aquin, Heiliger 1225-1274 / Sartre, Jean-Paul 1905-1980
Sujets non-standardisés:B Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
B Philosophy, Modern
B Philosophy, Medieval
B Sartre, Jean-Paul (1905-1980)
Accès en ligne: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Aggregator)
Édition parallèle:Erscheint auch als: 978-0-226-71957-3
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Résumé:"It is hard to think of two philosophers less alike than St. Thomas Aquinas and Jean-Paul Sartre. The former was a thirteenth-century Dominican friar known for reconciling the teachings of the Catholic Church with Aristotelianism. The latter was a twentieth-century intellectual known as the central figure in the literary-philosophical movement known as existentialism. The former was a firm believer; the latter was a notorious atheist. And yet, in The Saint and the Atheist, philosopher Joseph Catalano shows that a confrontation between the two, bringing them closer to reveal similarities and bring out the real import of their differences, is fruitful for thinking through some of the central questions about faith, conscience, freedom, and the meaning of life. Written in an accessible style that presupposes no previous philosophical experience, Catalano's book offers a compelling and profound point of entry to two of history's most important and influential thinkers and what they can still offer to us in the present"--
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:022671943X