|
THOMAS AQUINAS
Selected Writings
Softcover book
Edited and translated with an introduction and notes by RALPH McINERNY
Over 840 pages
This translation first published 1998
Copyright © Ralph McInerny, 1998
" ' The greatest happiness is for the mind
to attain God ' "
" In his reflections on Christianity, Saint Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-74)
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, fully demonstrate the range of his intellect and place him
firmly among the greatest medieval philosophers.
In this selection, arranged chronologically to reveal the development and sheer scope
of Thomas's ideas, Ralph McInerny brings together Thomas's sermons, commentaries
and responses to criticism, and extracts from the principal works: the Summa theologiae
and Summa contra Gentiles. "
Contents include:
" 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 1, 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 Meaning of Truth. Disputed Question
on Truth, 1 (1256-9)
9. On the Teacher. Disputed Question on
Truth, 11 (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, 1, 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)
34. Glossary "
This book is in very nice condition but has some edgewear and scratches on the cover.
No torn or ripped pages.
No markings or writing.
| 
