On becoming virtuous: A life examined through the prism of Aristotle and Aquinas

This thesis is an inquiry into the lived experience of becoming virtuous. Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and St Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica are the foundation texts used in this inquiry. These works reveal three significant elements concerning the essence of coming to virtue. These elements giv...

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Main Author: Francis, Prudence Mary
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1534
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description This thesis is an inquiry into the lived experience of becoming virtuous. Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and St Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica are the foundation texts used in this inquiry. These works reveal three significant elements concerning the essence of coming to virtue. These elements give rise to questions that have been applied to an interrogation of a life narrative that reveal understandings of the experience of becoming virtuous.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-15342017-02-20T06:37:42Z On becoming virtuous: A life examined through the prism of Aristotle and Aquinas Francis, Prudence Mary This thesis is an inquiry into the lived experience of becoming virtuous. Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and St Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica are the foundation texts used in this inquiry. These works reveal three significant elements concerning the essence of coming to virtue. These elements give rise to questions that have been applied to an interrogation of a life narrative that reveal understandings of the experience of becoming virtuous. 2013 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1534 en Curtin University fulltext
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title On becoming virtuous: A life examined through the prism of Aristotle and Aquinas
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