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1、NORMANKRETZMANNandELEONORESTUMPIntroductionI.AQUINASSREPUTATIONPeoplefamiliarwithThomasAquinas'sworkknowthatheranksamongthegreatestphilosophers,butthenumberofsuchpeopleisstillsmallerthanitshouldbe.AnthonyKennydescribedandgaveonereasonforthisstateofaffairsmorethanadecadeago,
2、whenitwasevenmoredeplorablethanitisnow:Aquinasislittlereadnowadaysbyprofessionalphilosophers:hehasre-ceivedmuchlessattentioninphilosophydepartments,whetherintheconti-nentaltraditionorintheAnglo-Americanone,thanlesserthinkerssuchasBerkeleyorHegel.Hehas,ofcourse,beenextensive
3、lystudiedintheologicalcollegesandinthephilosophycoursesofecclesiasticalinstitutions;butecclesiasticalendorsementhasitselfdamagedAquinas'sreputationwithsecularphilosophers....ButsincetheSecondVaticanCouncil[1962-65]Aquinasseemstohavelostsomethingofthepre-eminentfavourheenjoy
4、edinecclesiasticalcircles....Thiswindofecclesiasticalchangemayblownoharmtohisreputationinsecularcircles.(Kenny1980a,pp.27-28)TheprognosiswithwhichKennyendshisdiagnosiswasbeingslowlyborneoutevenbeforehepublishedit.Philosophers,espe-ciallythoseintheAnglo-Americantradition,hav
5、ebeenbringingAquinasintosecularphilosophicaldiscussions.Thephilosophersofreligionamongthemhave,understandably,takentheleadinthisprocess.ItwasnaturalthattheybeganlookingintoAquinasbecauseoftheirspecialinterestinhisphilosophicaltheology.ButAquinas'ssystematicapproachtophiloso
6、phicaltheologyledhimtoincludeinitfulltreatmentsofvirtuallyeveryareaofphilosophy,regardingwhichhealwaysshowshowinhisviewtheexistenceandnatureofGodisrelatedtothearea'ssubjectmatter.Consequently,philoso-CambridgeCompanionsOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,20062THECAMBRIDGECOMPAN
7、IONTOAQUINASphersofreligionwhofirstreadAquinasinconnectionwithanarrow,twentieth-centuryconceptionoftheirspecializationhavebeentak-ingupappreciativeinvestigationsofotheraspectsofhisthought,andtheyaregraduallybeingjoinedbyphilosopherswhohavenoprofessionalinterestinreligion.Si
8、ncethisbookisintendedtohelpspeedtheprocessofengagingphilosophersaswellasstudentsin
