TY - BOOK ID - 28895547 TI - Thomas Aquinas on the passions : a study of Summa theologiae : 1a2ae 22-48 PY - 2009 SN - 9780521897488 0521897483 9780511576560 9780521187596 0521187591 1107201861 1282103903 9786612103902 0511576560 0511517955 0511515480 0511514417 0511516762 9780511517952 0511517467 0511738420 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Thomas Aquinas KW - Emotions KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity. KW - Thomas, KW - Christianity KW - Aspect religieux KW - Christianisme KW - Feelings KW - Human emotions KW - Passions KW - Psychology KW - Affect (Psychology) KW - Affective neuroscience KW - Apathy KW - Pathognomy KW - Religious aspects&delete& KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Religion KW - Emotions - Religious aspects - Christianity KW - Thomas, - Aquinas, Saint, - 1225?-1274 - Summa theologica UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:28895547 AB - The Summa Theologiae is Thomas Aquinas' undisputed masterwork, and it includes his thoughts on the elemental forces in human life. Feelings such as love, hatred, pleasure, pain, hope and despair were described by Aquinas as 'passions', representing the different ways in which happiness could be affected. But what causes the passions? What impact do they have on the person who suffers them? Can they be shaped and reshaped in order to better promote human flourishing? The aim of this book is to provide a better understanding of Aquinas' account of the passions. It identifies the Aristotelian influences that lie at the heart of the Summa Theologiae, and it enters into a dialogue with contemporary thinking about the nature of emotion. The study argues that Aquinas' work is still important today, and shows why for Aquinas both the understanding and attainment of happiness requires prolonged reflection on the passions. ER -