Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas: (Volume 1)
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Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas: (Volume 1)

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Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas: (Volume 1)

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Includes the whole of the First Part of the Summa Theologica. Pegis's revision and correction of the English Dominican Translation renders Aquinas' technical terminology consistently as it conveys the directness and simplicity of Aquinas' writing; the Introduction, notes, and index aim at giving the text its proper historical setting, and the reader the means of studying St. Thomas within that setting.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Preface
  5. General Table of Contents
  6. Detailed Table of Contents, v. 1
  7. Introduction
  8. God and the Order of Creation
  9. Prologue
  10. Question I: THE NATURE AND DOMAIN OF SACRED DOCTRINE
  11. Question II: THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
  12. Question III: ON THE SIMPLICITY OF GOD
  13. Question IV: THE PERFECTION OF GOD
  14. Question V: ON GOODNESS IN GENERAL
  15. Question VI: THE GOODNESS OF GOD
  16. Question VII: THE INFINITY OF GOD
  17. Question VIII: THE EXISTENCE OF GOD IN THINGS
  18. Question IX: THE IMMUTABILITY OF GOD
  19. Question X: THE ETERNITY OF GOD
  20. Question XI: THE UNITY OF GOD
  21. Question XII: HOW GOD IS KNOWN BY US
  22. Question XIII: THE NAMES OF GOD
  23. Question XIV: ON GOD'S KNOWLEDGE
  24. Question XV: ON IDEAS
  25. Question XVI: ON TRUTH
  26. Question XVII:CONCERNING FALSITY
  27. Question XVIII: THE LIFE OF GOD
  28. Question XIX: THE WILL OF GOD
  29. Question XX: GOD'S LOVE
  30. Question XXI: THE JUSTICE AND MERCY OF GOD
  31. Question XXII: THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD
  32. Question XXIII: PREDESTINATION
  33. Question XXIV: THE BOOK OF LIFE
  34. Question XXV: THE POWER OF GOD
  35. Question XXVI: THE DIVINE BEATITUDE
  36. Question XXVII: THE PROCESSION OF THE DIVINE PERSONS
  37. Question XXVIII: THE DIVINE RELATIONS
  38. Question XXIX: THE DIVINE PERSONS
  39. Question XXX: THE PLURALITY OF PERSONS IN GOD
  40. Question XXXI: WHAT BELONGS TO THE UNITY OR PLURALITY IN GOD
  41. Question XXXII: THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIVINE PERSONS
  42. Question XXXIII: THE PERSON OF THE FATHER
  43. Question XXXIV: THE PERSON OF THE SON
  44. Question XXXV: THE IMAGE
  45. Question XXXVI: THE PERSON OF THE HOLY GHOST
  46. Question XXXVII: THE NAME OF THE HOLY GHOST: LOVE
  47. Question XXXVIII: THE NAME OF THE HOLY GHOST AS GIFT
  48. Question XXXIX: THE PERSONS IN REFERENCE TO THE ESSENCE
  49. Question XL: THE PERSONS AS COMPARED TO THE RELATIONS OR PROPERTIES
  50. Question XLI: THE PERSONS IN REFERENCE TO THE NOTIONAL ACTS
  51. Question XLII: EQUALITY AND LIKENESS AMONG THE DIVINE PERSONS
  52. Question XLIII: THE MISSION OF THE DIVINE PERSONS
  53. Question XLIV: THE PROCESSION OF CREATURES FROM GOD, AND THE FIRST CAUSE OF ALL THINGS
  54. Question XLV: THE MODE OF EMANATION OF THINGS FROM THE FIRST PRINCIPLE
  55. Question XLVI: ON THE BEGINNING OF THE DURATION OF CREATURES
  56. Question XLVII: ON THE DISTINCTION OF THINGS IN GENERAL
  57. Question XLVIII: THE DISTINCTION OF THINGS IN PARTICULAR
  58. Question XLIX: THE CAUSE OF EVIL
  59. Question L: THE SUBSTANCE OF THE ANGELS ABSOLUTELY CONSIDERED
  60. Question LI: THE ANGELS IN COMPARISON WITH BODIES
  61. Question LII: THE ANGELS IN RELATION TO PLACE
  62. Question LIII: ON THE LOCAL MOVEMENT OF THE ANGELS
  63. Question LIV: THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANGELS
  64. Question LV: THE MEDIUM OF THE ANGELIC KNOWLEDGE
  65. Question LVI: THE ANGELS' KNOWLEDGE OF IMMATERIAL THINGS
  66. Question LVII: THE ANGELS' KNOWLEDGE OF MATERIAL THINGS
  67. Question LVIII: THE MODE OF THE ANGELIC KNOWLEDGE
  68. Question LIX: THE WILL OF THE ANGELS
  69. Question LX: THE LOVE OR DILECTION OF THE ANGELS
  70. Question LXI: THE PRODUCTION OF THE ANGELS IN THE ORDER OF NATURAL BEING
  71. Question LXII: THE PERFECTION OF THE ANGELS IN THE ORDER OF GRACE AND OF GLORY
  72. Question LXIII: THE MALICE OF THE ANGELS WITH REGARD TO SIN
  73. Question LXIV: THE PUNISHMENT OF THE DEMONS
  74. Question LXV: THE WORK OF CREATION OF CORPOREAL CREATURES
  75. Question LXVI: THE ORDER OF CREATION TOWARDS DISTINCTION
  76. Question LXVII: THE WORK OF DISTINCTION IN ITSELF
  77. Question LXVIII: THE WORK OF THE SECOND DAY
  78. Question LXIX: THE WORK OF THE THIRD DAY
  79. Question LXX: THE WORK OF ADORNMENT, AS REGARDS THE FOURTH DAY
  80. Question LXXI: THE WORK OF THE FIFTH DAY
  81. Question LXXII: THE WORK OF THE SIXTH DAY
  82. Question LXXIII: THE THINGS THAT BELONG TO THE SEVENTH DAY
  83. Question LXXIV: ON ALL THE SEVEN DAYS IN COMMON
  84. Question LXXV: ON MAN WHO IS COMPOSED OF A SPIRITUAL AND A CORPOREAL SUBSTANCE
  85. Question LXXVI: THE UNION OF BODY AND SOUL
  86. Question LXXVII: WHAT BELONGS TO THE POWERS OF THE SOUL IN GENERAL
  87. Question LXXVIII: THE POWERS OF THE SOUL IN PARTICULAR
  88. Question LXXIX: THE INTELLECTUAL POWERS
  89. Question LXXX: THE APPETITIVE POWERS IN GENERAL
  90. Question LXXXI: THE POWER OF SENSUALITY
  91. Question LXXXII: THE WILL
  92. Question LXXXIII: FREE CHOICE
  93. Question LXXXIV: HOW THE SOUL WHILE UNITED TO THE BODY UNDERSTANDS CORPOREAL THINGS BENEATH IT
  94. Question LXXXV: THE MODE AND ORDER OF UNDERSTANDING
  95. Question LXXXVI: WHAT OUR INTELLECT KNOWS IN MATERIAL THINGS
  96. Question LXXXVII: HOW THE INTELLECTUAL SOUL KNOWS ITSELF AND ALL THAT IS WITHIN ITSELF
  97. Question LXXXVIII: HOW THE HUMAN SOUL KNOWS WHAT IS ABOVE ITSELF
  98. Question LXXXIX: THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SEPARATED SOUL
  99. Question XC: THE FIRST PRODUCTION OF MAN'S SOUL
  100. Question XCI: THE PRODUCTION OF THE BODY OF THE FIRST MAN
  101. Question XCII: THE PRODUCTION OF WOMAN
  102. Question XCIII: THE END OR TERM OF THE PRODUCTION OF MAN
  103. Question XCIV: THE STATE AND CONDITION OF THE FIRST MAN AS REGARDS HIS INTELLECT
  104. Question XCV: OF THINGS PERTAINING TO THE FIRST MAN'S WILL, NAMELY, GRACE AND JUSTICE
  105. Question XCVI: THE MASTERSHIP BELONGING TO MAN IN THE STATE OF INNOCENCE
  106. Question XCVII: THE PRESERVATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE FIRST STATE
  107. Question XCVIII: THE PRESERVATION OF THE SPECIES
  108. Question XCIX: THE CONDITION OF THE OFFSPRING AS TO THE BODY
  109. Question C: THE CONDITION OF THE OFFSPRING AS REGARDS JUSTICE
  110. Question CI: THE CONDITION OF THE OFFSPRING AS REGARDS KNOWLEDGE
  111. Question CII: ON MAN'S ABODE, WHICH IS PARADISE
  112. Question CIII: THE GOVERNMENT OF THINGS IN GENERAL
  113. Question CIV: THE SPECIAL EFFECTS OF THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT
  114. Question CV: THE MOVEMENT OF GOD IN CREATURES
  115. Question CVI: HOW ONE CREATURE MOVES ANOTHER
  116. Question CVII: THE SPEECH OF THE ANGELS
  117. Question CVII: THE ANGELIC DEGREES OF HIERARCHIES AND ORDERS
  118. Question CIX: THE ORDERING OF THE BAD ANGELS
  119. Question CX: HOW ANGELS ACT ON BODIES
  120. Question CXI: THE ACTION OF THE ANGELS ON MAN
  121. Question CXII: THE MISSION OF THE ANGELS
  122. Question CXIII: THE GUARDIANSHIP OF THE GOOD ANGELS
  123. Question CXIV: THE ASSAULTS OF THE DEMONS
  124. Question CXV: THE ACTION OF THE CORPOREAL CREATURE
  125. Question CXVI: ON FATE
  126. Question CXVII: OF THINGS PERTAINING TO THE ACTION OF MAN
  127. Question CXVIII: THE PRODUCTION OF MAN FROM MAN AS TO THE SOUL
  128. Question CXIX: THE PROPAGATION OF MAN AS TO THE BODY
  129. Back Cover