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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
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Preface
- General Table of Contents
- Detailed Table of Contents, v. 1
- Introduction
- God and the Order of Creation
- Prologue
- Question I: THE NATURE AND DOMAIN OF SACRED DOCTRINE
- Question II: THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
- Question III: ON THE SIMPLICITY OF GOD
- Question IV: THE PERFECTION OF GOD
- Question V: ON GOODNESS IN GENERAL
- Question VI: THE GOODNESS OF GOD
- Question VII: THE INFINITY OF GOD
- Question VIII: THE EXISTENCE OF GOD IN THINGS
- Question IX: THE IMMUTABILITY OF GOD
- Question X: THE ETERNITY OF GOD
- Question XI: THE UNITY OF GOD
- Question XII: HOW GOD IS KNOWN BY US
- Question XIII: THE NAMES OF GOD
- Question XIV: ON GOD'S KNOWLEDGE
- Question XV: ON IDEAS
- Question XVI: ON TRUTH
- Question XVII:CONCERNING FALSITY
- Question XVIII: THE LIFE OF GOD
- Question XIX: THE WILL OF GOD
- Question XX: GOD'S LOVE
- Question XXI: THE JUSTICE AND MERCY OF GOD
- Question XXII: THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD
- Question XXIII: PREDESTINATION
- Question XXIV: THE BOOK OF LIFE
- Question XXV: THE POWER OF GOD
- Question XXVI: THE DIVINE BEATITUDE
- Question XXVII: THE PROCESSION OF THE DIVINE PERSONS
- Question XXVIII: THE DIVINE RELATIONS
- Question XXIX: THE DIVINE PERSONS
- Question XXX: THE PLURALITY OF PERSONS IN GOD
- Question XXXI: WHAT BELONGS TO THE UNITY OR PLURALITY IN GOD
- Question XXXII: THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIVINE PERSONS
- Question XXXIII: THE PERSON OF THE FATHER
- Question XXXIV: THE PERSON OF THE SON
- Question XXXV: THE IMAGE
- Question XXXVI: THE PERSON OF THE HOLY GHOST
- Question XXXVII: THE NAME OF THE HOLY GHOST: LOVE
- Question XXXVIII: THE NAME OF THE HOLY GHOST AS GIFT
- Question XXXIX: THE PERSONS IN REFERENCE TO THE ESSENCE
- Question XL: THE PERSONS AS COMPARED TO THE RELATIONS OR PROPERTIES
- Question XLI: THE PERSONS IN REFERENCE TO THE NOTIONAL ACTS
- Question XLII: EQUALITY AND LIKENESS AMONG THE DIVINE PERSONS
- Question XLIII: THE MISSION OF THE DIVINE PERSONS
- Question XLIV: THE PROCESSION OF CREATURES FROM GOD, AND THE FIRST CAUSE OF ALL THINGS
- Question XLV: THE MODE OF EMANATION OF THINGS FROM THE FIRST PRINCIPLE
- Question XLVI: ON THE BEGINNING OF THE DURATION OF CREATURES
- Question XLVII: ON THE DISTINCTION OF THINGS IN GENERAL
- Question XLVIII: THE DISTINCTION OF THINGS IN PARTICULAR
- Question XLIX: THE CAUSE OF EVIL
- Question L: THE SUBSTANCE OF THE ANGELS ABSOLUTELY CONSIDERED
- Question LI: THE ANGELS IN COMPARISON WITH BODIES
- Question LII: THE ANGELS IN RELATION TO PLACE
- Question LIII: ON THE LOCAL MOVEMENT OF THE ANGELS
- Question LIV: THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANGELS
- Question LV: THE MEDIUM OF THE ANGELIC KNOWLEDGE
- Question LVI: THE ANGELS' KNOWLEDGE OF IMMATERIAL THINGS
- Question LVII: THE ANGELS' KNOWLEDGE OF MATERIAL THINGS
- Question LVIII: THE MODE OF THE ANGELIC KNOWLEDGE
- Question LIX: THE WILL OF THE ANGELS
- Question LX: THE LOVE OR DILECTION OF THE ANGELS
- Question LXI: THE PRODUCTION OF THE ANGELS IN THE ORDER OF NATURAL BEING
- Question LXII: THE PERFECTION OF THE ANGELS IN THE ORDER OF GRACE AND OF GLORY
- Question LXIII: THE MALICE OF THE ANGELS WITH REGARD TO SIN
- Question LXIV: THE PUNISHMENT OF THE DEMONS
- Question LXV: THE WORK OF CREATION OF CORPOREAL CREATURES
- Question LXVI: THE ORDER OF CREATION TOWARDS DISTINCTION
- Question LXVII: THE WORK OF DISTINCTION IN ITSELF
- Question LXVIII: THE WORK OF THE SECOND DAY
- Question LXIX: THE WORK OF THE THIRD DAY
- Question LXX: THE WORK OF ADORNMENT, AS REGARDS THE FOURTH DAY
- Question LXXI: THE WORK OF THE FIFTH DAY
- Question LXXII: THE WORK OF THE SIXTH DAY
- Question LXXIII: THE THINGS THAT BELONG TO THE SEVENTH DAY
- Question LXXIV: ON ALL THE SEVEN DAYS IN COMMON
- Question LXXV: ON MAN WHO IS COMPOSED OF A SPIRITUAL AND A CORPOREAL SUBSTANCE
- Question LXXVI: THE UNION OF BODY AND SOUL
- Question LXXVII: WHAT BELONGS TO THE POWERS OF THE SOUL IN GENERAL
- Question LXXVIII: THE POWERS OF THE SOUL IN PARTICULAR
- Question LXXIX: THE INTELLECTUAL POWERS
- Question LXXX: THE APPETITIVE POWERS IN GENERAL
- Question LXXXI: THE POWER OF SENSUALITY
- Question LXXXII: THE WILL
- Question LXXXIII: FREE CHOICE
- Question LXXXIV: HOW THE SOUL WHILE UNITED TO THE BODY UNDERSTANDS CORPOREAL THINGS BENEATH IT
- Question LXXXV: THE MODE AND ORDER OF UNDERSTANDING
- Question LXXXVI: WHAT OUR INTELLECT KNOWS IN MATERIAL THINGS
- Question LXXXVII: HOW THE INTELLECTUAL SOUL KNOWS ITSELF AND ALL THAT IS WITHIN ITSELF
- Question LXXXVIII: HOW THE HUMAN SOUL KNOWS WHAT IS ABOVE ITSELF
- Question LXXXIX: THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SEPARATED SOUL
- Question XC: THE FIRST PRODUCTION OF MAN'S SOUL
- Question XCI: THE PRODUCTION OF THE BODY OF THE FIRST MAN
- Question XCII: THE PRODUCTION OF WOMAN
- Question XCIII: THE END OR TERM OF THE PRODUCTION OF MAN
- Question XCIV: THE STATE AND CONDITION OF THE FIRST MAN AS REGARDS HIS INTELLECT
- Question XCV: OF THINGS PERTAINING TO THE FIRST MAN'S WILL, NAMELY, GRACE AND JUSTICE
- Question XCVI: THE MASTERSHIP BELONGING TO MAN IN THE STATE OF INNOCENCE
- Question XCVII: THE PRESERVATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE FIRST STATE
- Question XCVIII: THE PRESERVATION OF THE SPECIES
- Question XCIX: THE CONDITION OF THE OFFSPRING AS TO THE BODY
- Question C: THE CONDITION OF THE OFFSPRING AS REGARDS JUSTICE
- Question CI: THE CONDITION OF THE OFFSPRING AS REGARDS KNOWLEDGE
- Question CII: ON MAN'S ABODE, WHICH IS PARADISE
- Question CIII: THE GOVERNMENT OF THINGS IN GENERAL
- Question CIV: THE SPECIAL EFFECTS OF THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT
- Question CV: THE MOVEMENT OF GOD IN CREATURES
- Question CVI: HOW ONE CREATURE MOVES ANOTHER
- Question CVII: THE SPEECH OF THE ANGELS
- Question CVII: THE ANGELIC DEGREES OF HIERARCHIES AND ORDERS
- Question CIX: THE ORDERING OF THE BAD ANGELS
- Question CX: HOW ANGELS ACT ON BODIES
- Question CXI: THE ACTION OF THE ANGELS ON MAN
- Question CXII: THE MISSION OF THE ANGELS
- Question CXIII: THE GUARDIANSHIP OF THE GOOD ANGELS
- Question CXIV: THE ASSAULTS OF THE DEMONS
- Question CXV: THE ACTION OF THE CORPOREAL CREATURE
- Question CXVI: ON FATE
- Question CXVII: OF THINGS PERTAINING TO THE ACTION OF MAN
- Question CXVIII: THE PRODUCTION OF MAN FROM MAN AS TO THE SOUL
- Question CXIX: THE PROPAGATION OF MAN AS TO THE BODY
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