The theoretical base of Hus’ ethical thinking can be found in his Commentary on the Sentences. The paper is focused on moral virtues which rank among the important topics in Hus’ ethics. His texts on virtues are not particularly innovative. A number of Jan Hus’ thoughts of close to Aquinas, although in terms of the origin of virtues Hus is much closer to Augustinian thinking than to Aquinas’ Aristotelianism. His approach to virtues is similar to that of Bonaventure in this point.
The paper deals with Aquinas’ concept of the human person. It focuses specifically on three writings: the Commentary of Sentences, Disputed questions on power and the Summa theologiae. Aquinas’ writings on the person are extremely wide, although they particularly focus on questions of theology (Trinity, christology, angelic persons). The philosophical principles of the personalistic approaches to the human being as relational and dialogical are only outlined, but are not fully developed. Particular attention is paid to the question of the personality of the separated soul.
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