Human action in Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, & William of Ockham / Thomas M. Osborne Jr.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2014]Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 250 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780813221793
- 081322179X
- Human action in Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham
- Act (Philosophy)
- Philosophy, Medieval
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274
- Duns Scotus, John, approximately 1266-1308
- William, of Ockham, approximately 1285-approximately 1349
- PHILOSOPHY / Religious
- Duns Scotus, John, approximately 1266-1308
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274
- William, of Ockham, approximately 1285-approximately 1349
- Act (Philosophy)
- Philosophy, Medieval
- PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism
- 128/.40922 23
- B738.A37 O83 2014eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book sets out a thematic presentation of human action, especially as it relates to morality, in the three most significant figures in medieval Scholastic thought ... . Each chapter compares the three main figures on the same set of issues."--Jacket flap.
Causes of the act -- Practical reason -- The stages of the act -- Evaluation and specification of the act -- Indifferent, good, and meritorious acts.
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