Treatise on the Virtues - Aquinas, Thomas
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In his Treatise on the Virtues, Aquinas discusses the character and function of habit; the essence, subject, cause, and meaning of virtue; and the separate intellectual, moral, cardinal, and theological virtues. His work constitutes one of the most thorough and incisive accounts of virtue in the history of Christian philosophy. John Oesterle's accurate and elegant translation makes this enduring work readily accessible to the modern reader.

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In his Treatise on the Virtues, Aquinas discusses the character and function of habit; the essence, subject, cause, and meaning of virtue; and the separate intellectual, moral, cardinal, and theological virtues. His work constitutes one of the most thorough and incisive accounts of virtue in the history of Christian philosophy. John Oesterle's accurate and elegant translation makes this enduring work readily accessible to the modern reader.
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Nicholas Ayo is a priest in the Congregation of Holy Cross. He holds the S.T.L. degree in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome and the Ph.D. in literature from Duke University. After ten years teaching literature at the University of Portland in Oregon, Father Ayo became the Director of Novices for the Congregation of Holy Cross in North America. He taught in the Great Books Program at the University of Notre Dame from 1981 until his retirement in 2004. His other books include 'The Sermon-Conferences of St. Thomas Aquinas' (1988); 'The Creed as Symbol' (1989); 'The Lord's Prayer' (1992); 'The Hail Mary: A Verbal Icon' (1994); 'The Sacred Marriage: The Wisdom of the Song of Songs'; 'Where Joy and Sorrow Meet' (1998); 'Signs of Grace: Meditations on the Notre Dame Campus' (2001); and 'Times of Grace: Spiritual Rhythms of the Year at the University of Notre Dame' (2004).