QUADERNI DI NOCTUA

La tradizione filosofica dall’antico al moderno. Studi e testi

History of Philosophy from the Ancient to the Modern Age. Studies and Editions

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Autore / Author: Fabrizio Amerini

Affiliazione / Author affiliation: Università degli Studi di Parma

Titolo / Title: Non enim corpus sentit, sed anima per corpus. Tommaso d’Aquino lettore di Agostino

Abstract: The aim of this study is to illustrate the role played by Augustine’s Commentary on the Genesis in the writings of Thomas Aquinas. This work is of great importance for Aquinas, not only because it is the work where Augustine clarifies his interpretation of creation, but also because creation is, among the theological topics, perhaps the most philosophical, insofar as it gives the opportunity of elaborating on many philosophical issues. In particular, the goal of the study is to rethink the positions of Aquinas and Augustine on one of these issues, that is the relationship between soul and body. I mean to call into question two historiographical theses: first, that Augustine and Aquinas formulate positions that are irreconcilable with each other, and second, that they in no way address that which we today call the Mind-Body Problem.

Keywords: Augustine; Thomas Aquinas; Aristotle; mind/body; soul.

English title: Non enim corpus sentit, sed anima per corpus. Thomas Aquinas Reader of Augustine

DOI: 10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua3-2

Volume: 3

Pagine / Pages: 25-76

Pubblicazione / Publication date: 01/06/2016

Permalink: https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua3-2

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