On Evil

St. Thomas Aquinas, John A. Oesterle, Jean T. Oesterle, John A. Oesterle, Jean T. Oesterle

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Year: 1995
• Print ISBN:
  9780268037147
• eBook ISBN:
  9780268074876
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Many great thinkers have wrestled with the topic of evil. St. Thomas Aquinas's disputed question On Evil merges as the longest and most comprehensive study on the subject of evil available.

This long-awaited translation is based on the critical edition of the Latin text published by the Leonine Commission in 1982. The disputed question De malo (On Evil) was first presented as a series of oral debates at the University of Paris (1263-1272) and subsequently recorded in the form in which it now appears. The length of the work and the thoroughness of the treatment is eloquent testimony of the importance St. Thomas attached to this topic.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Question I On Evil
• Question II On Sins
• Question III On the Cause of Sin
• Question IV On Original Sin
• Question V On the Punishment of Original Sin
• Question VI On Human Choice
• Question VII On Venial Sin
• Question VIII On the Capital Vices
• Question IX On Vainglory
• Question X On Envy
• Question XI On Acedia
• Question XII On Anger
• Question XIII On Avarice
• Question XIV On Gluttony
• Question XV On Lust
• Question XVI On the Demons
• Appendix