28 de Janeiro - S. Tomás de Aquino
Retratos de homens famosos. São Tomás de AquinoJoos van Ghent
c. 1473-1474.Urbino. Itália.
Óleo sobre tela
Paris. Louvre.
OS JOVENS DE HOJE segundo Sócrates
Os jovens de hoje gostam do luxo. São mal comportados, desprezam a autoridade. Não têm respeito pelos mais velhos e passam o tempo a falar em vez de trabalhar. Não se levantam quando um adulto chega. Contradizem os pais, apresentam-se em sociedade com enfeitos estranhos. Apressam-se a ir para a mesa e comem os acepipes, cruzam as pernas e tiranizam os seus mestres. SÓCRATES (470-399 A.C.) Referência em: http://www.bartleby.com/73/195.html
Comentários
R. McInerny, Aquinas, Polity 2003(e tem a vantagem de ser breve).
"Ralph McInerny knows as much about Thomas Aquinas, and about how to communicate his thought, as anyone else alive. He is not only a very learned commentator upon him, but also a fluent, lucid, and often entertaining writer, who can make profound ideas seem deceptively simple....McInerny offers an accessible guide to a difficult and important topic."
The Heythrop Journal
"McInery is perhaps the most important Catholic philosopher of his generation. While many limit philosophy to textual exegesis of formal logic, McInerny, in the spirit of his immediate predecessors Etienne Gilson and Jacques Maritain, still regards philosophy as the pursuit of wisdom, speculative and practical. Steeped in the history of philosophy, McInerny is a reliable guide to Aristotle and Aquinas and their commentators through the ages. He writes not for colleagues down the hall or for the appreciation of antiquity or who seek an intellectual compass in stormy times. Translated into many languages, his work rightly commands a global audience. For its freshness, Aquinas will only enhance McInerny's status as a major interpreter of the Angelic Doctor."
Jude P. Dougherty, The Catholic University of America