This lively and highly accessible introduction to the thought of Thomas Aquinas focuses on his philosophy while making clear its openness to theology as reflection on Revelation.
- Introduces students this great philosopher of the middle ages in one short book.
- Brings together alternative approaches to Aquinas’ thought.
- Uses key texts to describe the trajectory of Aquinas’ philosophy and the legacy it left behind.
- This is the first title in a new Polity series, Classic Thinkers.
Part I: A Short Life. 1. Origins.
2. Montecassino (1230–1239).
3. University of Naples (1239–1244).
4. Under House Arrest (1244–1245).
5. Cologne and Albert the Great (1245–1248).
6. Student at Paris (1252–1256).
7. First Paris Professorship (1256–1259).
8. Italian Interlude (1259–1268).
9. Second Paris Period (1269–1272).
10. Naples (1272–1274).
selected Further Reading.
Part II: In Pursuit of Wisdom.
11. Theology presupposes Philosophy.
12. The Quest of Philosophy.
13. Theoretical and Practical.
14. The Order of Learning.
15. The Two Theologies.
16. The Four Orders.
17. The Logical Order.
18. Our Natural Way of Knowing.
19. Matter and Form.
20. Things that Come to Be as the Result of a Change.
21. The Parmenidean lc"
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