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The Treatise on Happiness • The Treatise on Human Acts

By: Thomas Aquinas

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The Treatise on Happiness • The Treatise on Human Acts

By: Thomas Aquinas

The fifth volume of The Hackett Aquinas, a series of central philosophical treatises of Aquinas in new, state-of-the-art translations accompanied by a thorough commentary on the text. Acclaim for previous volumes in the series: The Treatise on Human Nature Translated, with Commentary, by Robert Pasnau "This very readable and accurate translation of the so-called Treatise on Human Nature strikes the right balance between literal rendition of Aquinas' Latin and naturalness of English expression, and thus will be of use both to new students of Aquinas and to those familiar with the original Latin. The commentary on the text should make the translation especially suitable for use in courses on Aquinas' philosophy of human nature and theory of knowledge." —Deborah Black, University of Toronto The Treatise on the Divine Nature Translated, with Commentary, by Brian J. Shanley, O.P. "That Shanley's translation-cum-commentary can open students to such a rich appropriation of Aquinas explains why I call it 'superb.'" —David Burrell, The Thomist Disputed Questions on Virtue Translated by Jeffrey Hause and Claudia Eisen Murphy; Commentary by Jeffrey Hause "Hause and Murphy are to be congratulated. [Their volume's] strong points are numerous and important. The translation is clear and faithful. . . . Hause offers an extended commentary which is solid and helpful for beginning readers. . . . A gem." —R. E. Houser, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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1624665314

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Spain and the Independence of the United States: An Intrinsic Gift

An Intrinsic Gift

By: Thomas E. Chávez

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Spain and the Independence of the United States: An Intrinsic Gift

An Intrinsic Gift

By: Thomas E. Chávez

The role of Spain in the birth of the United States is a little known and little understood aspect of U.S. independence. Through actual fighting, provision of supplies, and money, Spain helped the young British colonies succeed in becoming an independent nation. Soldiers were recruited from all over the Spanish empire, from Spain itself and from throughout Spanish America. Many died fighting British soldiers and their allies in Central America, the Caribbean, along the Mississippi River from New Orleans to St. Louis and as far north as Michigan, along the Gulf Coast to Mobile and Pensacola, as well as in Europe. Based on primary research in the archives of Spain, this book is about United States history at its very inception, placing the war in its broadest international context. In short, the information in this book should provide a clearer understanding of the independence of the United States, correct a longstanding omission in its history, and enrich its patrimony. It will appeal to anyone interested in the history of the Revolutionary War and in Spain's role in the development of the Americas.

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UNM Press

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0826327958

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Protect Yourself at College

Smart Choices--safe Results

By: Thomas M. Kane

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Protect Yourself at College

Smart Choices--safe Results

By: Thomas M. Kane

From dorm safety and drinking to spring break, date rape and computer crime--practical tips from the founder of College Safety Zone

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Capital Books

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1933102616

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Human Action in Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham

By: Thomas Michael Osborne

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Human Action in Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham

By: Thomas Michael Osborne

This book sets out a thematic presentation of human action, especially as it relates to morality, in the three most significant figures in Medieval Scholastic thought: Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham

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CUA Press

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0813221781

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An Iroquoian Matthew: Chapters One to Eight

By: Thomas McElwain

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An Iroquoian Matthew: Chapters One to Eight

By: Thomas McElwain

A contemplation of the first eight chapters of the Gospel of Matthew in the Seneca translation with focus on language learning.

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1365944506

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Selected Philosophical Writings

By: Saint Thomas (Aquinas),Thomas Aquinas

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Selected Philosophical Writings

By: Saint Thomas (Aquinas),Thomas Aquinas

St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) saw religion as part of the natural human propensity to worship. His ability to recognize the naturalness of this phenomenon and simultaneously to go beyond it, to explore spiritual revelation, makes his work fresh and highly readable today. While drawing on a strong distinction between theology and philosophy, Aquinas interleaved them intricately in his writings, which range from an examination of the structures of thought to the concept of God as the end of all things. This accessible new translation chooses substantial passages not only from the indispensable Summa Theologicae, but from many other works, fully illustrating the breadth and progression of Aquinas's philosophy. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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Oxford University Press

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0199540276

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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 21

Index, Vols. 1-20

By: Thomas Jefferson

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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 21

Index, Vols. 1-20

By: Thomas Jefferson

The description for this book, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 21: Index, Vols. 1-20, will be forthcoming.

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Princeton University Press

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0691185271

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US Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy

The Evolution of an Incidental Superpower

By: Derek S. Reveron,Nikolas K. Gvosdev,Mackubin Thomas Owens

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US Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy

The Evolution of an Incidental Superpower

By: Derek S. Reveron,Nikolas K. Gvosdev,Mackubin Thomas Owens

Safe from the battlefields of Europe and Asia, the United States led the post–World War II global economic recovery through international assistance and foreign direct investment. With an ardent decolonization agenda and a postwar legitimacy, the United States attempted to construct a world characterized by cooperation. When American optimism clashed with Soviet expansionism, the United States started on a path to global hegemony. In US Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy, the authors analyze the strategic underpinnings of hegemony, assess the national security establishment that sustains dominance, consider the impact on civil-military relations, and explore the intertwining relationships between foreign policy, defense strategy, and commercial activities. Eschewing conventional analyses, the volume not only identifies drivers and continuities in foreign policy, but it also examines how the legacy of the last sixty-five years will influence future national security policy that will be characterized by US leadership in an increasingly competitive world. From civil-military relations to finance, and from competing visions of how America should make war to its philosophy of securing peace through reconstruction and reconciliation, US Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy offers unique insights into the links between military and commercial power as it charts the rise of a historical rarity: the incidental superpower. This accessibly written book is suitable for students and general readers as well as scholars.

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Georgetown University Press

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1626161593

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Thomas Aquinas: Basic Philosophical Writing

From the Summa Theologiae and The Principles of Nature

By: Thomas Aquinas

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Thomas Aquinas: Basic Philosophical Writing

From the Summa Theologiae and The Principles of Nature

By: Thomas Aquinas

This volume contains new translations of the essential philosophical writings of Thomas Aquinas, from the Summa Theologiae and The Principles of Nature. The included texts represent the breadth of Aquinas’s thought, addressing causality, the fundamental principles of nature, the existence of God, how God can be known, how language can be used to describe God, human nature (including the nature of the soul, free will, and epistemology), happiness, ethics, and natural law. The goal of these translations is twofold: to allow Aquinas to speak for himself, but also to make his thought accessible to the contemporary reader without the burden of unnecessary adherence to convention. A thorough introduction to Aquinas and his ideas is included, as is a series of useful appendices connecting Aquinas’s arguments to those of Anselm, Scotus, Ockham, and others.

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Broadview Press

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1770486941

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Genesis and Apocalypse

A Theological Voyage Toward Authentic Christianity

By: Thomas J. J. Altizer

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Genesis and Apocalypse

A Theological Voyage Toward Authentic Christianity

By: Thomas J. J. Altizer

Thomas Altizer's Genesis and Apocalypse" engages a theological history of Western culture through the works of Augustine, Luther, Barth, and other important figures in theology, as well as critical theorists such as Hegel and Nietzsche, to ultimately offer a Christology for our modern times.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664221831

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Treatise on Happiness

By: St. Thomas Aquinas

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Treatise on Happiness

By: St. Thomas Aquinas

The Treatise on Happiness and the accompanying Treatise on Human Acts comprise the first twenty-one questions of I-II of the Summa Theologiae. From his careful consideration of what true happiness is, to his comprehensive discussion of how it can be attained, St. Thomas Aquinas offers a challenging and classic statement of the goals of human life, both ultimate and proximate. This translation presents in accurate, consistent, contemporary English the great Christian thinker's enduring contributions on the subject of man's happiness.

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University of Notre Dame Pess

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0268158029

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9780268158026

Aquinas: Basic Works

By: Thomas Aquinas

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Aquinas: Basic Works

By: Thomas Aquinas

Drawn from a wide range of writings and featuring state-of-the-art translations, Basic Works offers convenient access to Thomas Aquinas' most important discussions of nature, being and essence, divine and human nature, and ethics and human action. The translations all capture Aquinas's sharp, transparent style and display terminological consistency. Many were originally published in the acclaimed translation-cum-commentary series The Hackett Aquinas, edited by Robert Pasnau and Jeffrey Hause. Others appear here for the first time: Eleonore Stump and Stephen Chanderbahn's translation of On the Principles of Nature, Peter King's translation of On Being and Essence, and Thomas Williams' translations of the treatises On Happiness and On Human Acts from the Summa theologiae. Basic Works will enable students to immerse themselves in Aquinas's thought by offering his fundamental works without internal abridgements. It will also appeal to anyone in search of an up-to-date, one-volume collection containing Aquinas' essential philosophical contributions--from the Five Ways to the immortality of the soul, and from the nature of happiness to virtue theory, and on to natural law.

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1624661890

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Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, Volume 2

By: Thomas Aquinas,Anton C. Pegis

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Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, Volume 2

By: Thomas Aquinas,Anton C. Pegis

Includes substantial selections from the Second Part of the Summa Theologica and the Summa Contra Gentiles. Pegis's revision and correction of the English Dominican Translation renders Aquinas' technical terminology consistently as it conveys the directness and simplicity of Aquinas' writing; the Introduction, notes, and index aim at giving the text its proper historical setting, and the reader the means of studying St. Thomas within that setting.

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0872203824

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Catholic Bishops in the United States

Church Leadership in the Third Millennium

By: Stephen J. Fichter,Thomas P. Gaunt SJ,Catherine Hoegeman CSJ,Paul M. Perl

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Catholic Bishops in the United States

Church Leadership in the Third Millennium

By: Stephen J. Fichter,Thomas P. Gaunt SJ,Catherine Hoegeman CSJ,Paul M. Perl

In the past thirty years, the Catholic bishops of the United States have made headlines with their statements on nuclear disarmament and economic justice, their struggles to address sexual abuse by clergy, and their defense of refugees and immigrants. Despite many similarities, the nearly two hundred U.S. bishops are a diverse mix of varying backgrounds and opinions. The last research- based book to study the bishops of the United States came out in 1989, since which time the Church has gone from Pope John Paul II to Benedict XVI to Pope Francis and undergone dramatic shifts. Catholic Bishops in the United States: Church Leadership in the Third Millennium presents the results of a 2016 survey conducted by the Center of Applied Research for the Apostolate (CARA). It reveals the U.S. bishops' individual experiences, their day-to-day activities, their challenges and satisfactions as Church leaders, and their strategies for managing their dioceses and speaking out on public issues. The bishops' leadership has been tested by changes including the movement of Catholics from the Northeast and Midwest to the South and West, the arrival of huge numbers of Catholic immigrants, and the ongoing decline in the number of priests and sisters serving the Catholic community. This book provides a much-needed, up-to-date, and comprehensive view of who the U.S. bishops of today are, where they are from, and how they are leading the Church in the United States in the era of Pope Francis.

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Oxford University Press

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0190920300

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The Genesis of God

A Theological Genealogy

By: Thomas J. J. Altizer

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The Genesis of God

A Theological Genealogy

By: Thomas J. J. Altizer

Thomas Altizer, one of America's premier theologians, searches for a proper understanding of the Christian God, which he believes can only be explicated when the question of origin is raised. He begins with an investigation of Hegelian thinking, develops his insights in dialogue with such thinkers as Augustine and Nietzsche, and then focuses on notions generated by the Christian epic poetry of Dante, Milton, and Blake. By explicating the absolute origin of God that only Christianity knows, Altizer discloses the origin of a uniquely Christian freedom while also touching upon such important themes as predestination, the fall, evil, and eternity.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664221637

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9780664221638

The Entrepreneur in Youth

An Untapped Resource for Economic Growth, Social Entrepreneurship, and Education

By: Marilyn L. Kourilsky,William B. Walstad,Andrew Thomas

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The Entrepreneur in Youth

An Untapped Resource for Economic Growth, Social Entrepreneurship, and Education

By: Marilyn L. Kourilsky,William B. Walstad,Andrew Thomas

This readable and modestly priced text will appeal to academics researching and teaching entrepreneurship, policy-makers, and students studying entrepreneurship at all levels in higher education, especially those studying final year specialist electives or at Master's level.' - David W. Taylor, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1782543694

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9781782543695

Christian Doctrines in Islamic Theology

By: David Thomas

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Christian Doctrines in Islamic Theology

By: David Thomas

By the tenth century Islamic theology had become an integrated system by which theologians constructed sophisticated accounts of the nature of the world and God's relationship with it. They also used it to establish proofs that Islam was the only rationally tenable form of belief, building these in part on proofs of the illogicalities in other faiths, including Christianity. Through excerpts from key works of the theologians al-Nashi' al-Akbar, al-Maturidi, al-Baqillani and ʿAbd al-Jabbar, this book shows how Muslim theologians in this period made use of Christian doctrines as examples of misguided thinking to help confirm the correctness of their own theology, and how among Muslim theologians Christianity had ceased to attract serious attention as a rival to Islam.

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BRILL

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9047442059

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9789047442059

Three Philosophical Dialogues

On Truth, On Freedom of Choice, On the Fall of the Devil

By: Saint Anselm,Thomas Williams

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Three Philosophical Dialogues

On Truth, On Freedom of Choice, On the Fall of the Devil

By: Saint Anselm,Thomas Williams

In these three dialogues, renowned for their dialectical structure and linguistic precision, Anselm sets out his classic account of the relationship between freedom and sin-its linchpin his definition of freedom of choice as 'the power to preserve rectitude of will for its own sake'. In doing so, Anselm explores the fascinating implications for God, human beings, and angels (good and bad) of his conclusion that freedom of choice neither is nor entails the power to sin. In addition to an Introduction, notes, and a glossary, Thomas Williams brings to the translation of these important dialogues the same precision and clarity that distinguish his previous translation of Anselm's Proslogion and Monologion, which Professor Paul Spade of Indiana University called 'scrupulously faithful and accurate without being slavishly literal, yet lively and graceful to both the eye and ear'.

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Hackett Publishing

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0872206114

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9780872206113

Wiley Pathways Health Care Economics

By: Thomas E. Getzen

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Wiley Pathways Health Care Economics

By: Thomas E. Getzen

Becoming a manager of a health care organization requires a broad understanding of the field. This includes a strong grasp of the economics involved in the daily operation of the organization. Providing an accessible introduction to important economic concepts in the field, this book will help readers gain the knowledge to run an organization. Getzen breaks down difficult topics while explaining the importance of economics in the function of the health care system.

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