An Aquinas Reader; Selections from the Writings of Thomas Aquinas

by Clark, Mary T.

• ISBN13: 9780823220298
• ISBN10: 082322029X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Fordham University Press

Summary

This new edition of An Aquinas Reader contains in one closely knit volume representative selections that reflect every aspect of Aquinas's philosophy. Divided into three section - Reality, God, and Man - this anthology offers an unrivaled perspective of the full scope and rich variety of Aquinas's thought. It provides the general reader with an overall survey of one of the most outstanding thinks or all time and reveals the major influence he has had on many of the world's greatest thinkers. This revised third edition of Clark's perennial still has all of the exceptional qualities that made An Aquinas Reader a classic, but contains a new introduction, improved format, and an updated bibliography.

Author Biography

Mary T. Clark is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at Manhattanville College where she continues to teach. Among her authored books are Augustine, Philosopher of Freedom; Augustinian Personalism, and, most recently, Augustine: An Introduction. She is a former president of the Metaphysical Society of America, the Society of Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, and the American Catholic Philosophical Association, and a recipient of the latter association's Aquinas Medal for eminence in philosophy.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	1	(14)
Brief Chronology of the Life of Thomas Aquinas	15	(2)
Charts: Intellectual Influences	17	(6)
On the Structure of Reality
Introduction	23	(78)
Knowledge of Reality	30	(2)
Philosophy of Nature	32	(1)
Becoming	32	(11)
Principles of Nature	43	(13)
Aquinas of His Predecessors	56	(2)
Metaphysics	58	(1)
On Aristotle's Metaphysics	58	(2)
Subject-Matter of Metaphysics	60	(2)
Essence--Existence Distinction	62	(8)
Participation	70	(7)
Pure Esse	77	(5)
Duration of the World	82	(7)
Analogical Predication	89	(4)
Transcendentals	93	(4)
Being: Self-Communicative	97	(4)
On God
Introduction	101	(54)
God's Existence	107	(14)
Creation	121	(6)
Our Knowledge of God	127	(11)
Divine Activity	138	(17)
On Human Existence
Introduction	155	(106)
Human Nature and Person	162	(16)
Human Knowledge	178	(27)
Emotions and Love	205	(33)
Human Freedom	238	(12)
Creation of Human Persons	250	(6)
Immortality of Soul	256	(5)
On Moral Action
Introduction	261	(68)
Aquinas on Aristotelian Ethics	269	(3)
Providence and Human Action	272	(19)
Virtues	291	(6)
Justice and Law	297	(27)
Conscience	324	(5)
On Religion
Introduction	329	(124)
Theological Virtues and Revelation	340	(13)
The Trinity	353	(25)
Sin	378	(6)
Christ	384	(23)
The Sacraments	407	(11)
The People of God	418	(3)
The Commandments	421	(4)
Religious Life	425	(5)
Prayer and Prayers	430	(12)
Office for the Feast of St. Augustine	442	(11)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Thomistic Source Texts	453	(2)
Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas	455	(6)
A Selected Bibliography	461	(8)
Index	469