Thomas Aquinas on Bodily Identity by Antonia Fitzpatrick

• Authors: Welter Brian
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Antonia Fitzpatrick argues clearly throughout Thomas Aquinas on Bodily Identity that the Dominican saint never consistently achieves a coherent, unified understanding of the nature of the continuity of bod-ily matter across the human lifespan, death, and future resurrection. This inconsistency stems largely from Aquinas relying partly on Aris-totle and partly on Averroes’ commentary on the ancient philosopher without ever committing to either, the author comes to conclude...

Keywords

EN

Thomas Aquinas; Bodily Identity; Antonia Fitzpatrick

• Publisher: International Étienne Gilson Society
• Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 141-146

Dates

published

2018-03-30

Contributors

author

Welter Brian

Notes

EN

Book Review

Identifiers

ISSN

2300–0066 (print)

ISSN

2577–0314 (online)

DOI

10.26385/SG.070107