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Thomas Aquinas's Summa Contra Gentiles - Brian Davies

Thomas Aquinas's Summa Contra Gentiles

A Guide and Commentary

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Buch | Hardcover
506 Seiten
2016
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-045653-5 (ISBN)
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Presupposing no previous knowledge of Aquinas or of medieval theology and philosophy, Davies's accessible volume offers a detailed expository account and discussion of one of Aquinas's best known works, the Summa Contra Gentiles.
One of Aquinas's best known works after the Summa Theologica, Summa Contra Gentiles is a theological synthesis that explains and defends the existence and nature of God without invoking the authority of the Bible. A detailed expository account of and commentary on this famous work, Davies's book aims to help readers think about the value of the Summa Contra Gentiles (SCG) for themselves, relating the contents and teachings found in the SCG to those of other works and other thinkers both theological and philosophical. Following a scholarly account of Aquinas's life and his likely intentions in writing the SCG, the volume works systematically through all four books of the text. It is, therefore, a solid and reflective introduction both to the SCG and to Aquinas more generally.

The book is aimed at students of medieval philosophy and theology, and of Aquinas in particular. It will interest teachers of medieval philosophy and theology, though it does not presuppose previous knowledge of Aquinas or of his works. Davies's book is the longest and most detailed account and discussion of the SCG available in English in one volume.

Brian Davies is Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University.

Preface

1. The Summa Contra Gentiles and its Context
2. Approaching the Question of God's Existence (SCG, 1,10-12)
3. Arguing for God's Existence (SCG, 1,13)
4. God as Eternal and Simple (SCG, 1,14-27)
5. Talking About God (SCG, 1,28-36)
6. Goodness, Oneness and Infinity (SCG, 1,37-43)
7. God's Knowledge (SCG, 1,44-71)
8. God's Will, Life, and Blessedness (SCG, 1,72-102)
9. God as Omnipotent Creator (SCG, 2,1-29)
10. Necessity in Creatures, the Eternity of the World, and Distinctions among Creatures (SCG, 2,30-45)
11. Intellectual Creatures (SCG, 2,46-101)
12. Agents, Ends, Evil, and Good (SCG, 3,1-15)
13. The End of All Things and of People in Particular (SCG, 3,16-63)
14. Providence at Work (SCG, 3,64-110)
15. Providence in Relation to Rational Creatures (SCG, 3,111-163)
16. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (SCG, 4,2-26)
17. God Incarnate (SCG, 4,27-49)
18. The Fittingness of the Incarnation, Sacraments, Resurrection, and the Final State of all People and of the World (SCG, 4,50-97)

Appendix: SCG At A Glance
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 239 x 157 mm
Gewicht 978 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Religionsgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie des Mittelalters
Religion / Theologie Christentum Kirchengeschichte
Religion / Theologie Christentum Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
ISBN-10 0-19-045653-1 / 0190456531
ISBN-13 978-0-19-045653-5 / 9780190456535
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