Introduction to the Summa Theologiae of Thomas Aquinas

by Poinsot, John

• ISBN13: 9781890318703
• ISBN10: 1890318701
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-30
• Publisher: St Augustine Pr Inc

Author Biography

Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Notre Dame, and Director of the Jacques Maritain Center at Notre Dame.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Prologue	1	(4)
Book One: The Three Parts of the Summa and Their Treatises	5	(16)
Overview of the Summa	7	(2)
Why Are There Three Parts of the Summa?	9	(3)
The Connection of the Treatises in Each of the Parts	12	(9)
The First Part: God in Himself and God as Efficient Cause	12	(1)
The Second Part: God as Final Cause. Human Activity, or Man's Return to His End	13	(1)
First Part of the Second Part: God as Last End. Human Activity in General	14	(2)
Second Part of the Second Part: Human Activity in Particular	16	(2)
The Third Part: God as Savior	18	(3)
Book Two: Detailed Analysis of the Three Parts of the Summa	21	(158)
The First Part
Detailed Outline of the First Part	12	(13)
The First Part: God in Himself and as Efficient Cause	25	(28)
The First Part of the Second Part
Detailed Outline of the First Part of the Second Part	53	(2)
The First Part of the Second Part: The End of Man and Human Acts	55	(34)
The Second Part of the Second Part
Detailed Outline of the Second Part of the Second Part	89	(2)
The Second Part of the Second Part: Particular Human Acts	91	(60)
The Third Part
Detailed Outline of the Third Part	151	(2)
The Third Part: Christ	153	(26)
Index	179