Commentaries on Aristotle

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Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval commentary
philosophical work collection
theological work collection
aim to interpret Aristotle in light of Christian doctrine
author Thomas Aquinas
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
contains arguments for the compatibility of faith and reason
philosophical analysis
terminological clarifications
theological interpretation
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Sicily
Papal States
date 13th century
field ethics
logic
metaphysics
natural philosophy
political philosophy
psychology
genre philosophy
scholasticism
theology
hasPart Commentary on De Anima
linked to: On the Soul

Commentary on On Generation and Corruption
Commentary on On Interpretation
Commentary on On the Heavens
Commentary on the Categories
Commentary on the Metaphysics
Commentary on the Meteorology
Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics
Commentary on the Physics
Commentary on the Politics
Commentary on the Posterior Analytics
Commentary on the Prior Analytics
influenced Catholic theology
Renaissance Aristotelianism
linked to: Aristotelianism

early modern philosophy
late medieval scholasticism
influencedBy Aristotle
Christian theology
Latin patristic tradition
language Latin
mainSubject Aristotle
method line-by-line exegesis of Aristotle
question-and-answer scholastic format
movement Scholasticism
Thomism
notableFor influence on the Thomistic synthesis
systematic integration of Aristotelian philosophy with Christian doctrine
philosophicalTradition Aristotelianism
usedAs teaching texts
usedIn medieval universities

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St. Thomas Aquinas notableWork Commentaries on Aristotle
Albert the Great notableWork Commentaries on Aristotle
Averroes notableWork Long Commentaries on Aristotle
linked to: Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle hasPart Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics
linked to: Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle hasPart Commentary on the Categories
linked to: Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle hasPart Commentary on On Generation and Corruption
linked to: Commentaries on Aristotle
Jacobus Faber Stapulensis notableWork Commentaries on Aristotle
Albert of Cologne notableWork Commentaries on Aristotle
Philipp Schwartzerdt authorOf Commentaries on Aristotle