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Title: Augustine and Aristotle in Aquinas’ doctrine of happiness
Authors: Brachtendorf, Johannes
Keywords: Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274. Summa theologica
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430 -- Influence
Aristotle -- Influence
Happiness
Theology -- Periodicals
Issue Date: 2016
Publisher: University of Malta. Faculty of Theology
Citation: Brachtendorf, J. (2016). Augustine and Aristotle in Aquinas’ doctrine of happiness. Melita Theologica, 66(1), 5-21.
Abstract: The ethics of St Thomas Aquinas features two main parts: his famous theory of natural law and his equally famous doctrine on human happiness. !e doctrine on happiness is paradigmatically formulated in the so-called happiness-treatise of Summa theologiae I-II q. 1-5 as well as in Aquinas’ Commentary on the Sentences; and in further detail in his Summa contra gentiles and other writings. Aquinas advocates a eudemonistic ethics and thus situates himself in the classical tradition and its Christian treatment by Augustine. In this paper, I will pursue the role Augustine plays in Aquinas’ ethics of happiness.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/40570
ISSN: 10129588
Appears in Collections:MT - Volume 66, Issue 1 - 2016
MT - Volume 66, Issue 1 - 2016

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