Thomas Aquinas on Human Nature

by Hibbs, Thomas S.

• ISBN13: 9780872204546
• ISBN10: 0872204545
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc

Summary

This volume begins with excerpts from Aquinas' commentary on De Anima, excerpts that proceed from a general consideration of soul as common to all living things to a consideration of the animal soul and, finally, to what is peculiar to the human soul. These are followed by Treatise on Man, Aquinas' most famous discussion of human nature, but one whose organisation is dictated by theological concerns and whose philosophical importance is thus best appreciated when seen as presented here: within the historical philosophical framework of which it constitutes a development. Aquinas' discussions of the will and the passions follow, providing fruitful points of comparison with other philosophers.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
The Importance of the Study of the Soul and Its Method	1	(15)
Aristotle's De Anima: Book I, Chapter 1	1	(8)
Aquinas's Commentary on De Anima: Lecture 1	3	(6)
Aristotle's De Anima: Book I, Chapter 1, Continued	9	(7)
Aquinas's Commentary on De Anima: Lecture 2	10	(6)
Defining Soul	16	(18)
Aristotle's De Anima: Book II, Chapter 1	16	(8)
Aquinas's Commentary on De Anima: Lecture 1	17	(7)
Aristotle's De Anima: Book II, Chapter 1, Continued	24	(4)
Aquinas's Commentary on De Anima: Lecture 2	25	(3)
Aristotle's De Anima: Book II, Chapter 2	28	(6)
Aquinas's Commentary on De Anima: Lecture 3	29	(5)
The Nature of the Intellect, its Activity, and Its Separability	34	(26)
Aristotle's De Anima: Book III, Chapter 4	34	(9)
Aquinas's Commentary on De Anima: Lecture 7	35	(8)
Aristotle's De Anima: Book III, Chapter 4, Continued	43	(7)
Aquinas's Commentary on De Anima: Lecture 8	43	(7)
Aristotle's De Anima: Book III, Chapter 4, Continued	50	(4)
Aquinas's Commentary on De Anima: Lecture 9	50	(4)
Aristotle's De Anima: Book III, Chapter 5	54	(6)
Aquinas's Commentary on De Anima: Lecture 10	55	(5)
Soul and Body	60	(38)
Summa Theologica, Part One, Question 75, The Essence of the Soul	60	(38)
Question 76, Union of Body and Soul. Art. 1--5	75	(20)
Question 91, Production of Man's Body. Art. 3	95	(3)
The Powers of the Soul	98	(22)
Summa Theologica, Part One, Question 77, Powers of the Soul. Art. 1--4	98	(22)
Question 78, The Soul's Specific Powers	107	(13)
The Intellect: Its Knowledge of Material Things, Self-Knowledge, and Knowledge of God	120	(72)
Summa Theologica, Part One, Question 79, The Intellectual Powers, Art. 1--6	120	(72)
Question 84, Knowledge of Bodies	134	(21)
Question 85, How the Soul Knows. Art. 1--6	155	(16)
Question 87, How the Soul Knows Itself	171	(8)
Question 88, The Soul and What is Above It	179	(9)
Question 89, Separate Soul's Knowledge. Art. 1	188	(4)
Human Agency: The Will and Free Choice	192	(39)
Summa Theologica, Part One, Question 82, The Will	192	(17)
Question 83, Free Choice	202	(7)
First Part of Part Two, Question 8, Will in Regard to What It Wills	209	(22)
Question 9, That Which Moves the Will	214	(10)
Question 10, The Will Is Moved	224	(7)
The Passions of the Soul	231	(37)
Summa Theologica, Part One, Question 80, The Appetitive Powers	231	(10)
Question 81, The Power of Sensuality	235	(6)
First Part of Part Two, Question 22, Subject of the Soul's Passions	241	(27)
Question 23, How the Passions Differ	247	(7)
Question 24, Good and Evil in Passions	254	(6)
Question 25, Order of the Passions	260	(8)
Works Cited	268	(4)
Bibliography	272	(1)
Bibliography for Works Cited	272	(2)
Bibliography for Aquinas On Human Nature	274