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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Human purposiveness in st. Thomas Aquinas

Francis J. Kovach

pp. 143-164

Abstract

There are various ways of treating the question of human purposiveness. St. Thomas Aquinas treats this question in terms of the ultimate end of man, and he does so both as a philosopher and as a theologian. This is to say that St. Thomas has a philosophical as well as a theological theory of man's ultimate end. Of these two, the philosophical theory is logically prior to the other since it serves as the speculative basis for the theological treatment, whereas the theological theory is much more elaborate and offers Aquinas' final answer to the question of human purposiveness.

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Horosz William, Clements Tad S. (1987) Religion and human purpose: a cross disciplinary approach. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 143-164

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-3483-2_7

Full citation:

Kovach Francis J. (1987) „Human purposiveness in st. Thomas Aquinas“, In: W. Horosz & T. S. Clements (eds.), Religion and human purpose, Dordrecht, Springer, 143–164.