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The Metaphysical Foundations of Love : Aquinas on Participation, Unity, and Union /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flood, Anthony T. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Love as a Unitive Force; Union and Friendship; Unity and the Love of Self; From Unity to Union; 2. Degrees of Union; Distinctions Pertaining to the Unions of Similitude and Possession; The Equalizing Effect of Charity; Marriage as the Greatest Human Union; 3. Participation and the Love of God; The Love of Self and the Love of God; The Natural Inclination to the Love of God; The Supernatural Love of God; 4. Conformity and Sin; The Necessity of Conformity; Sin and Hatred; Satan and Temptation; 5. The Fulfillment of Love in God.
  • Love and Self-GovernanceLove and Worship; Love and Obedience to the Divine Will; 6. The Love of Self and Subjectivity; The Love of Self and Conscious Self-Experience; Participation, Irreducibility, and Omnisubjectivity; Subjectivity in Light of Charity; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.