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Three More Jigs in the Puzzle: The Unity of Analogy, Beatitude and Virtue in T homas' S umma T heologiae
Author(s) -
Overmyer Sheryl
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of systematic theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1468-2400
pISSN - 1463-1652
DOI - 10.1111/ijst.12015
Subject(s) - analogy , virtue , scholarship , surprise , philosophy , meaning (existential) , epistemology , theology , sociology , law , political science , communication
Scholarship abounds on the notion of analogy in T homas A quinas' writing. Scholarship also abounds on T homas' treatment of beatitude and virtue. Yet seldom does scholarship treat the fundamental unity T homas intended among analogy, beatitude and virtue in the S umma T heologiae . This article traces the connections between these terms to re‐endow terms like ‘beatitude’ and ‘virtue’ with a theological meaning that may surprise, and it shows how Thomas assumes that what we say of G od is of first importance.