Thomas Aquinas: Disputed Questions on the Virtues

345 Pages·2005·1.85 MB·English

by  Thomas Aquinas

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Thomas Aquinas
Disputed Questions on
the Virtues
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E. M. ATKINS
TrinityandAllSaintsCollege,Leeds
THOMAS WILLIAMS
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Contents
Preface page viii
Introduction ix
Chronology xxxi
Further reading xxxiii
Translator’s note on the text xxxvi
List of abbreviations xxxvii
Disputed Questions on the Virtues
On the Virtues in General: thirteen articles 
On Charity: thirteen articles 
On Brotherly Correction: two articles 
On Hope: four articles 
On the Cardinal Virtues: four articles 
Terminology 
Glossary 
Tableofparallel questions 
Index of scriptural citations 
Index of non-scriptural citations 
Index of names and subjects 
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Preface
Thetranslation,Translator’snoteonthetext,andGlossaryarethework
ofMargaretAtkins.TheIntroductionandFurtherreadingarethework
of Thomas Williams. Both editors contributed to the annotations, and
eachofusreadandcommentedextensivelyontheworkoftheother.
MargaretAtkinswouldliketothankhercolleaguesatTrinityandAll
Saints, and above all Geoffrey Turner, for making possible the year’s
leaveinwhichthistranslationwaslargelycompleted,andAlisonandBob
SamuelsfortheirunfailinglywarmwelcomeonvisitstoOxford.Thehos-
pitalityofthePresidentandFellowsofMagdalenCollege,Oxford,andof
the Rector and Professors of the Pontifical University of St Thomas,
Rome, made this an extremely pleasant and fruitful year. She would
also like to thank many friends and colleagues for advice and help with
Thomisticquestions,andinparticularKevinFlannery,SJ,forguidancein
mattersAristotelian,especiallywithreferencetoOntheCardinalVirtues,
article.
Thomas Williams is grateful for the superbly capable help of his
research assistant, Brett Gaul, in tracking down references, indexing,
andpreparingthetypescriptforpublication.
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