Aquinas on the beginning and end of human life / Fabrizio Amerini ; translated by Mark Henninger.

Tommaso d'Aquino. English

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013, ©2013.

xxii, 260 pages ; 24 cm

General principles of the embryology of Thomas Aquinas -- The nature of the human soul -- The status of the embryo -- Some problems -- The identity of the embryo -- Bioethical implications -- The beginning and end of human life -- The contemporary debate over the hominization of the embryo.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from the Italian.