PHL267H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Summa Theologica, Averroes, Summum Bonum
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Lecture 3 st. thomas aquinas, natural law and monarchy . St. thomas aquinas and his world: thirteenth century europe. Rise of new zealous religious orders (dominicans and franciscans) Conflicts between papacy and monarchies, common conflicts over authority between secular and ecclesiastical rulers. Works of aristotle come to the west from islamic and jewish thinkers, most notably averro s (ibn rushd) Born in the county of aquino, italy of a noble family. Named doctor of the church in 1567; his summa theologiae is placed next to the bible on the altar alongside the decretals (official letters of the popes). Thomistic ethics: eudaimonism the legacy of aristotle. There is a final end, a sovereign good [l: summum bonum]. The summum bonum is something that is final (desired for its own sake) and is complete in itself. The summum bonum is happiness (gr: eudaimonia; l: beatitudo), which all desire, even if they disagree about what it consists in.
