Thomas Aquinas (1224/6-1274) lived an active, demanding academic
and ecclesiastical life that ended while he was still comparatively
young. He nonetheless produced many works, varying in length from a
few pages to a few volumes. The present book is an introduction to
this influential author and a guide to his thought on almost all
the major topics on which he wrote.
This collection is necessary reading for all students of St. Thomas and should become a standard reference in every university library supporting programs in medieval philosophy and theology. W. P. Haggerty, CHOICE
Brian Davies, Fordham University, New York;Eleonore Stump, Saint Louis University
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Introduction 1 Life and Works 2 Historical Background (a) Aquinas and Aristotle (b) Augustine to Aquinas (Latin-Christian authors) (c) Aquinas, Plato, and Neo-Platonism (d) Aquinas and Jewish and Islamic authors 3 Metaphysics and the Existence of God (a) Being (b) Matter, Form, and Individuation (c) Causation (d) The Five Ways (e) The Limits of Language and the Notion of Analogy 4 The Divine Nature (a) God's Simplicity (b) God's Goodness (c) God's Knowledge and Will (d) God's Impassibility, Immutability, and Eternality (e) God's Omnipotence 5 Ethics and Action Theory (a) Human Freedom and Agency (b) Emotions (c) Happiness (d) Law and Natural Law (e) Conscience and Synderesis (f) Virtues and Vices (g) Practical Reasoning 6 Epistemology (a) Human Knowledge (b) Intellectual Virtues (c) The Relation of Reason to Faith 7 Philosophy of Mind and Human Nature 8 The
