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Article: Keys, Mary M.: Aquinas, Aristotle, and the Promise of the Common Good.(Book review)
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- The Review of Metaphysics
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- June 1, 2008
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KEYS, Mary M. Aquinas, Aristotle, and the Promise of the Common Good. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xiii + 255 pp. Cloth, $70.00--The relation between St. Thomas Aquinas and the pagan philosopher Aristotle is a subject of endless debate for scholars. It is also of vital interest to contemporary citizens and political theorists because the "common good" is central to Aquinas' and Aristotle's conception of a just society, yet it is not addressed adequately by modern liberalism, with its emphasis on individual rights, or by communitarianism, with its emphasis on collective goods. As Mary Keys ably demonstrates, we can benefit from re-examining Aquinas and Aristotle ...
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Article: Hintikka, Jaakko. Analyses of Aristotle.(Book review)
The Review of Metaphysics;
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