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Selected Writings

TranslatorRalph McInerny
EditorRalph McInerny
Foreword / AfterwordRalph McInerny
LanguageEnglish
Year1995
PublisherPenguin
CountryUnited Kingdom
Pages336
ISBN0140436324
Selected Writings

In 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Contents Introduction ix Chronology xxxv A Note on the Texts xxxvii PART ONE: STUDENT (1245-56) 1 The Inaugural Sermons (1256) 5 2 On the Principles of Nature (1252-6) 18 3 On Being and Essence (1252-6) 30 4 The Nature of Theology. Commentary on Sentences 1, Prologue (1252-4) 50 5 The Work of the Six Days of Creation. Commentary on Sentences 2.2, d. 12 (1252-4) 85 PART TWO: MASTER AT PARIS (1256-9) 6 Theology, Faith and Reason. On Boethius On the Trinity, 1-2 (1257) 109 7 How are Things Good? Exposition of On the Hebdomads of Boethius (1257) 142 8 The Meanings of Truth. Disputed Question on Truth, 1 (1256-9) 163 9 On the Teacher. Disputed Question on Truth, 11 (1256-9) 193 10 On Conscience. Disputed Question on Truth, 17 (1256-9) 217 PART THREE: ITALY (1259-68) 11 Proof of God's Existence. Summa contra Gentiles, 1, 9-14 (1259) 243 12 The Human Good. Summa contra Gentiles, 3 (1259-65) 257 13 On the Divine Simplicity. Disputed Question of the Power of God, 7 (1265-6) 290 14 On Goodness and the Goodness of God. Summa theologiae, 1, 5-6 (1268) 343 15 On Creation. Summa theologiae, 1, 44 (1268) 360 16 On Angelic Knowledge. Summa theologiae, 1, 54-8 (1268) 388 17 Definitions of Soul. On Aristotle's De anima, 2, 1-3 (1268) 410 18 Platonism and Neoplatonism. Preface to Exposition of On the Divine Names (1265-8) 429 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) 438 20 How Words Mean. Exposition of On Interpretation, 1-5 (1270-71) 455 21 On the Ultimate End. Summa theologiae, 1-2, 1-5 (1271) 482 22 On Human Choice. Disputed Question on Evil, 6 (1266-72) 551 23 What Makes Actions Good or Bad? Summa theologiae, 1-2, 18-20 (1271) 565 24 On Law and Natural Law. Summa theologiae, 1-2, 90-94 (1271) 611 25 The Virtues. Summa theologiae, 1-2, 55-7 (1271-2) 653 26 The Active and Contemplative Lives. Summa theologiae, 2-2, 179-81 (1271-2) 682 27 On the Eternity of the World (1271) 710 28 The Love of Wisdom. Exposition of Metaphysics, Preface and 1, 1-3 (1271) 718 PART FIVE: NAPLES (1272-4) 29 The Logic of the Incarnation. Summa theologiae, 3, 16 (1273) 749 30 What is a Sacrament? Summa theologiae, 3, 6 (1273) 771 31 The Exposition of the Book of Causes, 1-5 (1272) 786 32 Exposition of Paul's Epistle to Philemon (1273) 811 33 Exposition of the Angelic Salutation (Ave Maria) (1273) 822 Glossary 828

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