An Aristocratic Compatibilist's Providence: Components of Aquinas's Soft Determinist View (Studies in the History of Christian Traditions, 211)

Book info: An Aristocratic Compatibilist's Providence: Components of Aquinas's Soft Determinist View (Studies in the History of Christian Traditions, 211) (Hardcover, 520 pages) – Brill, 2024. Language: English.

This monograph discusses different philosophical and theological components of Aquinas’s view regarding the relation between human agency and divine providence. Against many contemporary scholars it argues that this view includes a plausible form of strong compatibilism whose philosophical premises are largely independent of Aquinas’s theological positions. Its original contributions to the understanding of Aquinas’s thought include an extensive analysis of Aquinas’s complex conception of modalities, his multileveled understanding of freedom, and his aristocratic perception of values. Editorial Reviews About the Author Petr Dvorský, Ph.D. (1985), is assistant professor of philosophy at Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic, and Post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of Czech Academy of Sciences. He works in the fields of scholastic philosophy and theology.