{"product_id":"summa-of-philosophy-according-to-the-mind-of-the-angelic-doctor-st-thomas-aquinas-ethics-part-iii-volume-iii-salvatore-maria-roselli","title":"Summa of Philosophy According to the Mind of the Angelic Doctor St. Thomas Aquinas - Ethics, Part III, Volume III - Salvatore Maria Roselli","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"1a00db8d-1552-43a3-b91a-d15878d87459\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3-mini\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word dark markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"488\"\u003eThis third volume completes Roselli’s \u003cem data-start=\"196\" data-end=\"217\"\u003eSumma of Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e, presenting a systematic account of ethics within the Thomistic tradition of \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eThomas Aquinas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. It brings together the principles of logic and metaphysics developed in the earlier volumes and applies them to the study of human action and moral order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"490\" data-end=\"760\"\u003eThe work begins with human acts, analyzing their voluntariness, moral specification, and the role of reason and will in determining moral responsibility. Roselli explains how moral evaluation depends on conformity to rational nature and ultimately to the order of being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"762\" data-end=\"1023\"\u003eIt then treats the virtues and vices, focusing on how stable habits perfect human powers and direct them toward the good. Special attention is given to the cardinal virtues—prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance—as the structural foundation of moral life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1263\"\u003eA central section is devoted to natural law, understood as the rational participation of human beings in the eternal law. Roselli presents it as the objective foundation of moral obligation, accessible to reason and binding in conscience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1265\" data-end=\"1618\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eThe volume concludes with considerations on happiness and the ultimate end of human life, presenting beatitude as the perfection of rational nature in the attainment of its highest good. Throughout, Roselli maintains a clear scholastic method, presenting ethics as a rational science grounded in human nature and ordered toward its ultimate fulfillment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Scholastic Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57776306291013,"sku":null,"price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/1790\/8293\/files\/1777016777.jpg?v=1777016821","url":"https:\/\/rm12kr-ug.myshopify.com\/products\/summa-of-philosophy-according-to-the-mind-of-the-angelic-doctor-st-thomas-aquinas-ethics-part-iii-volume-iii-salvatore-maria-roselli","provider":"Scholastic Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}