Commentaries on Aristotle

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medieval commentary philosophical work collection theological work collection

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.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Commentary on On Generation and Corruption 1
Commentary on the Categories 1
Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics 1
Long Commentaries on Aristotle 1

Statements (51)

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

Commentaries on Aristotle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Commentary on On Generation and Corruption

Commentary on On Interpretation ⓘ
Commentary on On the Heavens ⓘ
Commentaries on Aristotle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Commentary on the Categories

Commentary on the Metaphysics ⓘ
Commentary on the Meteorology ⓘ
Commentaries on Aristotle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Aristotelianism ⓘ
surface form: Renaissance 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commentaries on Aristotle → hasPart → Commentaries on Aristotle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics
Commentaries on Aristotle → hasPart → Commentaries on Aristotle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commentary on the Categories
Commentaries on Aristotle → hasPart → Commentaries on Aristotle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commentary on On Generation and Corruption
Albert the Great → notableWork → Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ
Averroes → notableWork → Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Long Commentaries on Aristotle
St. Thomas Aquinas → notableWork → Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ