1997/05/01 by Thomas F. O'Meara, Thomas F. O’Meara
Arts and Humanities · #Medieval Philosophy and Theology
paper · doi:10.1177/004056399705800203
The theology of virtues formulated by Thomas Aquinas follows an Aristotelian model in which the virtues, as new quasi-faculties, flow from a distinctive life form, grace. The A. shows how this theology, evident in Aquinas' works and long a theme of the Dominican school, has important ramifications (often overlooked) in today's ethics of virtue