The Transcendence of Love According to St. Thomas Aquinas

• Authors: Wright Michael Mary
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The writings of the saints speak against self-love as a hindrance to friendship with God, while Aristotle speaks of self-love as the basis for virtuous friendship. What causes this apparent discrepancy? Not only is there a difference between good and bad self-love, such that bad self-love must be eradicated, but there is also the cessation of the act of good self-love as the soul progresses spiritually. Then only the love for God remains in act within the perfection of charity and Union with God.

Keywords

EN

Self-love; Thomas Aquinas; Aristotle

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Diecezjalne Adalbertinum
• Journal: Studia Ełckie
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 499-509

Dates

published

2020-12-30

Contributors

author

Wright Michael Mary

• Holy Apostles College & Seminary, Cromwell, Connecticut, USA

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