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Book SynopsisIn his reflections on Christianity, Saint Thomas Aquinas forged a unique synthesis of ancient philosophy and medieval theology. Preoccupied with the relationship between faith and reason, he was influenced both by Aristotle's rational world view and by the powerful belief that wisdom and truth can ultimately only be reached through divine revelation. Thomas's writings, which contain highly influential statements of fundamental Christian doctrine, as well as observations on topics as diverse as political science, anti-Semitism and heresy, demonstrate the great range of his intellect and place him firmly among the greatest medieval philosophers.
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Table of ContentsSelected Writings - Thomas Aquinas Introduction
Chronology
A Note on the Texts
Part One: Student (1245-56)1. The Inaugural Sermons (1256)
2. On the Principles of Nature (1252-6)
3. On Being and Essence (1252-6)
4. The Nature of Theology. Commentary on
Sentences I, Prologue (1252-4)
5. The Work of the Six Days of Creation. Commentary on
Sentences 2.2, d. 12 (1252-4)
Part Two: Master at Paris (1256-9)6. Theology, Faith and Reason. On Boethius
On the Trinity, 1-2 (1257)
7. How are Things Good? Exposition of
On the Hebdomads of Boethius (1257)
8. The Meanings of Truth.
Disputed Question on Truth, I (1256-9)
9. On the Teacher.
Disputed Question on Truth, II (1256-9)
10. On Conscience.
Disputed Question on Truth, 17 (1256-9)
Part Three: Italy (1259-68)11. Proof of God's Existence.
Summa contra Gentiles, I, 9-14 (1259)
12. The Human Good.
Summa contra Gentiles, 3 (1259-65)
13. On the Divine Simplicity.
Disputed Question of the Power of God, 7 (1265-6)
14. On Goodness and the Goodness of God.
Summa theologiae, 1, 5-6 (1268)
15. On Creation.
Summa theologiae, 1, 44 (1268)
16. On Angelic Knowledge.
Summa theologiae, 1, 54-8 (1268)
17. Definitions of Soul. On Aristotle's
De anima, 2, 1-3 (1268)
18. Platonism and Neoplatonism. Preface to Exposition of
On the Divine Names (1265-8)
Part Four: Paris (1269-72)19. The Range of Natural Philosophy. Expositions of
Physics, 1, 1, Preface to
On the Heavens, Preface to
On Sense and the Sensed Object (1269)
20. How Words Mean. Exposition of
On Interpretation, 1-5 (1270-71)
21. On the Ultimate End.
Summa theologiae, 1-2, 1-5 (1271)
22. On Human Choice.
Disputed Question on Evil, 6 (1266-72)
23. What Makes Actions Good or Bad?
Summa theologiae, 1-2, 18-20 (1271)
24. On Law and Natural Law.
Summa theologiae, 1-2, 90-94 (1271)
25. The Virtues.
Summa theologiae, 1-2, 55-7 (1271-2)
26. The Active and Contemplative Lives.
Summa theologiae, 2-2, 179-81 (1271-2)
27. On the Eternity of the World (1271)
28. The Love of Wisdom. Exposition of
Metaphysics, Preface and 1, 1-3 (1271)
Part Five: Naples (1272-4)29. The Logic of the Incarnation.
Summa theologiae, 3, 16 (1273)
30. What is a Sacrament?
Summa theologiae, 3, 6 (1273)
31. The Exposition of the
Book of Causes, 1-5 (1272)
32. Exposition of Paul's Epistle to Philemon (1273)
33. Exposition of the Angelic Salutation (Ave Maria) (1273)
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