Search for dissertations about: "thomas aquinas"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words thomas aquinas.

  2. 1. The art of love : A study of Dag Hammarskjöld's mystical theology

    Author : Andrew Thomas Kania; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Dag Hammarskjöld; Mystical Theology; Meister Eckhart; Juan de la Cruz; Friedrich Schiller; Thomas Aquinas; Gustaf Aulén Nathan Söderblom; William James; Thomas à Kempis; Brian Urquhart; Van Dusen; Goethe; Dante; Hägerström; Maritain; Gerson; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; Studies In Faiths and Ideologies;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the roots of Hammarskjöld's interest in Mystical Theology bytracing both Vägmärken and the Public Papers of the Secretaries-General (1953-1961)back to the original text material found in Hammarskjöld's private libraries, at theKungliga Biblioteket in Stockholm, and at his Cottage in Backåkra, Skåne. The first partof the thesis seeks to illustrate the principle concepts of Mystical Theology by recourseto the Mystical theologian Jean Gerson, and those writers on Mystical Theology whowere available to Hammarskjöld during his formative years. READ MORE

  4. 2. Why Care About Future People's Environment? : Approaches to Non-Identity in Contractualism and Natural Law

    Author : Jasmina Nedevska Törnqvist; Ludvig Beckman; Johan Tralau; Clare Heyward; Avner de-Shalit; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Environmental duties; intergenerational duties; non-identity problem; contractualism; natural law; person-affecting; impersonal; Derek Parfit; Thomas Scanlon; John Rawls; Thomas Aquinas; John Finnis; institutional non-identity problem; basic values; common good; intergenerational community; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The dissertation analyses the capacity of contractualism and natural law to justify environmental intergenerational duties.For three decades, climate change has been a major political concern. As a fundamental threat to environmental sustainability, climate change is believed to threaten the long-term welfare of humankind. READ MORE

  5. 3. First-Order Logic and Classical Theism : Toward Logical Reorientation

    Author : Anders Kraal; Eberhard Herrmann; Mikael Stenmark; Simo Knuuttila; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; classical theism; divine simplicity; divine attributes; God; Augustine; Thomas Aquinas; first-order logic; formalization; argument-function analysis; quantifier analysis; bivalence; natural deduction; truth-bearer; inference; inference rule; logical validity; logical pluralism; logical monism; G. Frege; B. Russell; L. Wittgenstein; R. Carnap; J. Maritain; J. Salamucha; J. Bocheński; W.V.O. Quine.; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

    Abstract : This inquiry seeks an answer to the question whether classical theistic doctrines about the nature of God are amenable to formal analysis in terms of standard first-order logic. It is argued that due to the conceptual impact of classical theism’s doctrine of divine simplicity there is a good reason for answering this question in the negative. READ MORE

  6. 4. Pearl and Contemplative Writing

    Author : Annika Sylén-Lagerholm; Engelska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; The Cloud of Unknowing; Julian of Norwich; Margery Kempe; Richard Rolle; Walter Hilton; dream visions in literature; mysticism and literature; Thomas Aquinas and literature; Pseudo-Dionysius in England; religion and literature; literature and theology; medieval English poetry; women and medieval literature; Middle English literature; Gawain author; contemplative writers in medieval England; Pearl author; Pearl; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; General and comparative literature; literature criticism; literary theory; Allmän och jämförande litteratur; litteraturkritik; litteraturteori;

    Abstract : This dissertation places Pearl in the context of works by the English fourteenth-century contemplative writers (‘mystics’), as well as of patristic and other theological treatises, focusing on the theme of comprehending and speaking about a transcendent divine dimension. The purpose is to show that Pearl and the works of Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Walter Hilton, Richard Rolle and the author of The Cloud of Unknowing share a concern with attempting to express the inexpressible. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Structure of the Virtues : A Study of Thomas Aquinas’s and Godfrey of Fontaines's Accounts of Moral Goodness

    Author : Alexander Stöpfgeshoff; Tomas Ekenberg; Frans Svensson; Bonnie Kent; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Thomas Aquinas; Godfrey of Fontaines; virtue; character virtue; prudence; moral goodness; medieval philosophy; medieval ethics; connection of the virtues; unity; dependence; gender; particularism; Summa Theologiae; Aristotle; Philosophy; with specialization in history of philosophy; Filosofi med filosofihistorisk inriktning;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a study of Thomas Aquinas’s (1225–1274) and Godfrey of Fontaines’s (d. 1306) moral philosophies. In this study, I conduct a detailed analysis of two Aristotelian commitments concerning the character virtues, namely, The Plurality of the Character Virtues and The Connection of the Character Virtues. READ MORE