FIRST PART OF THE SECOND PART (QQ. 1-114)
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1. Of Man’s Last End 2. Of Those
Things in Which Man’s Happiness Consists 3.
What Is Happiness 4. Of Thos...
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The Italian philosopher and theologian St. Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1224-1274) was one of the foremost minds of medieval scholasticism. He is recognized as the leading theological authority within the Roma...
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St. Thomas Aquinas was born Thomas d'Aquino near Naples in 1225 to a noble family. His parents, Lundulph, Count of Aquino, and Theodora, Countess of Teano, were related to the Emperors Henry VI and Fr...
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St. Thomas Aquinas was an Italian theologian and philosopher of the Dominican Order of the Catholic Church. He was educated or taught at Monte Cassino, the Universities of Naples and Paris, and the Th...
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Thomas Aquinas is rivaled in reputation as the paramount Christian intellectual only by Augustine. Venerated within the Catholic church as a saint and as a normative theologian, Aquinas is esteemed in...
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In the following excerpt, Jenkins discusses the structure and nature of the Summa Theologiae and argues that its intended audience was advanced students in theology.
The Summa theologiae is the che...
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Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae)
Thomas Aquinas, St.
Thomas Aquinas, St.
St. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas
Critical Essay by John I. Jenkins
