Love: A Thomistic Analysis

A Thomistic analysis of love (amor) can seem a daunting endeavor. Fritz both notes distinctions and meshes some of Thomas’s thoughts on love, focusing on love in its appetive, sensory, intellectual, and spiritual forms. Love’s relationship to emotion and this relationship’s impact on living an authe...

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Main Author: Diana Fritz Cates
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Moral Theology, Inc. 2012-06-01
Series:Journal of Moral Theology
Online Access:https://jmt.scholasticahq.com/article/11240-love-a-thomistic-analysis
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description A Thomistic analysis of love (amor) can seem a daunting endeavor. Fritz both notes distinctions and meshes some of Thomas’s thoughts on love, focusing on love in its appetive, sensory, intellectual, and spiritual forms. Love’s relationship to emotion and this relationship’s impact on living an authentic Christian life are also explored.
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