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Wang, Stephen, 1966-

Aquinas and Sartre on freedom, personal identity, and the possibility of happiness / [electronic resource] : Stephen Wang. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (xxv, 298 p.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-291) and index.

Historical introduction -- Human being -- Identity and human incompletion in Sartre -- Identity and human incompletion in Aquinas -- Human understanding -- The subjective nature of objective understanding in Sartre -- The subjective nature of objective understanding in Aquinas -- Human freedom -- Freedom, choice, and the indetermination of reason in Sartre -- Freedom, choice, and the indetermination of reason in Aquinas -- Human fulfillment -- The possibility of human happiness in Sartre -- The possibility of human happiness in Aquinas.

ISBN: 9780813218946 (electronic bk.) 0813218942 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Liberty.
Identity (Psychology)
Happiness.
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: B765.T54 / W25 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 128.092/2