PHIL 411 - (P) Thomas Aquinas: Philosophy and Controversy

3 cr.

PHIL 411 is a contextual study of Thomas Aquinas’ philosophy, a great thinker in the 13th century. Selections from his metaphysics, ethics, and anthropology will be examined. His dispute with the Averroists on the status of the intellect, the condemnation of some propositions of his in 1277, and his later canonization in 1323 will also be discussed.