Exposition of the "On the Hebdomads" of Boethius

by Disciples 4 Christ, Janice L. Schultz, Thomas Aquinas

Overview

In his sixth-century work commonly known as the De hebdomadibus, Boethius (ca. 480-524) poses the question of how created things or substances can be good just as they are—that is, good just by existing—without being the same as the source of all goodness, God, who is understood to be Goodness Itself. In his commentary written in the thirteenth century, St. Thomas Aquinas sets out to explain the problem Boethius is treating as well as to explicate Boethius's solution. In doing so, however, the Angelic Doctor suggests a more developed analysis of goodness, based on his own metaphysical perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813209951
Publisher:	Catholic Univ.of America Press
Publication date:	03/01/2001
Series:	Thomas Aquinas in Translation Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Introduction	xi
	The Background	xii
	"On the Hebdomads"	xxiii
	Crucial Notions in Boethius	xxxvii
	Aquinas on Boethius	lviii
	Editorial Policies	lxvi
	An Exposition of the on the Hebdomads of Boethius
Chapter 12
Chapter 214
Chapter 330
Chapter 440
Chapter 550
	Notes to the Translation	59
	Select Bibliography	63