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1 online resource (xi, 288 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Moral traditions series
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Moral traditions series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-276) and index. |
| Contents |
Religious ethics -- Religious ethics and the study of emotion -- Approaching Aquinas on emotion (l) -- Approaching Aquinas on emotion (ll) -- Approaching the human sensory appetite from below (l) -- Approaching the human sensory appetite from below (ll) -- Approaching the human sensory appetite from above (l) -- Approaching the human sensory appetite from above (ll) -- The formation of distinctively human emotions -- The religious ethical study of emotion -- Aquinas on the powers or capabilities of a human being (relevant selections). |
| Summary |
All of us want to be happy and live well. Sometimes intense emotions affect our happinessand, in turn, our moral lives. Our emotions can have a significant impact on our perceptions of reality, the choices we make, and the ways in which we interact with others. Can we, as moral agents, have an effect on our emotions? Do we have any choice when it comes to our emotions? In Aquinas on the Emotions, Diana Fritz Cates shows how emotions are composed as embodied mental states. She identifies various factors, including religious beliefs, intuitions, images, and questions that can affect the formati. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
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Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274. |
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Thomas, 1225?-1274 Aquinas, Saint. |
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Thomas (von Aquin) |
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Christian ethics -- Catholic authors.
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Christian ethics -- Catholic authors. |
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Emotions -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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Emotions -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cates, Diana Fritz. Aquinas on the emotions. Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2009 9781589015050 (DLC) 2009006666 (OCoLC)310715063 |
| ISBN |
9781589017184 (electronic book) |
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1589017188 (electronic book) |
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1589015053 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781589015050 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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