Wadell, Paul J.

The primacy of love : an introduction to the ethics of Thomas Aquinas / Paul J. Wadell. - New York : Paulist Press, 1992. - iii, 162 p. 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references

Contents: Meeting a man with designs on us-- Why do we do anything at all: a look at human behavior-- Happiness: the one thing everybody wants-- Charity: the virtue of friendship with God-- The passions and affections in the moral life: finding the strength to go on-- The virtues: actions that guide us to fullness of life-- The virtues: finding our perfection in a gift-- What to make of a God of love: some conclusions about Aquinas's vision of the moral life

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Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274--Ethics


Ethics, Medieval
Virtues--History

B 765 .T54 / W33 1992