Thomas Aquinas

Basic Philosophical Writings: From the Summa Theologiae and The Principles of Nature (13th Century CE)
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-55481-372-8
Verlag: Broadview Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm

This volume contains new translations of the essential philosophical writings of Thomas Aquinas from the Summa Theologiae and The Principles of Nature. The included texts represent the breadth of Aquinas’s thought, addressing: the fundamental principles of nature; causality; the existence of God; how God can be known; how language can be used to describe God; human nature (including the nature of the soul, free will, and epistemology); happiness; ethics; and natural law. The goal of these translations is twofold: to allow Aquinas to speak for himself, but also to make his thought accessible to the contemporary reader without the burden of unnecessary adherence to convention. A thorough yet accessible introduction is included, as are a series of useful appendices connecting Aquinas’s arguments to those of Anselm, Scotus, and others.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Mittelalterliche & Scholastische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction
- Thomas Aquinas: A Brief Chronology
- Part 1: The Principles of Nature
- Chapter 1: The Three Principles
- Chapter 2: Privation and Matter
- Chapter 3: The Four Causes
- Chapter 4: Relations among the Four Causes
- Chapter 5: The Modes of the Causes
- Chapter 6: The Predication of Terms
- Part 2: God (Texts from Summa theologiae I)
- A. Theology and Philosophy
- B. The Existence of God
- C. Properties of God
- D. Analogy: Language about God
- Part 3: Human Nature (Texts from Summa theologiae I)
- A. Soul and Body
- B. Will and Choice
- C. Knowledge
- Part 4: Ethics (Texts from Summa theologiae I-II)
- A. The Goal: Happiness
- B. Voluntary Actions
- C. The Moral Goodness of Human Acts
- D. Habits and Virtues
- E. Law and Natural Law
- Appendix 1: Anselm's Argument
- Appendix 2: Bonaventure on God
- Appendix 3: Scotus' Proof of God
- Appendix 4: Ockham on God
- Appendix 5: Descartes's Ontological Argument
- Appendix 6: Scotus on Immortality
- Appendix 7: Ockham on Soul
- Appendix 8: Scotus on Will
- Appendix 9: Ockham on Will
- Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Steven Baldner is Professor of Philosophy at St. Francis Xavier University.