TOMAS AKVINIETIS APIE IŠSKIRTINĘ MEILĘ
Thomas Aquinas on Preferential Love
Author(s): Carlos SteelSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Visuomeninė organizacija »LOGOS«
Keywords: Christian love; rationalism; the Great Commandment; Thomas Aquinas; Peter Lombard; Augustine
Summary/Abstract: The article is directed against the rationalistic interpretation of the Great Commandment You shall love your neighbour as yourself (Mt. 22,39), for, according to the teaching of Thomas Aquinas, only through contingent particular attachments to concrete human individuals are people able to experience an interdependence with all other beings. Therefore, the false rationalistic idea of universality, which forces people to give up their contingent particular attachments, is to be abandoned.
Journal: LOGOS - A Journal of Religion, Philosophy, Comparative Cultural Studies and Art
- Issue Year: 2005
- Issue No: 41
- Page Range: 124-130
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Lithuanian
