Here in one volume is a new translation of St. Thomas Aquinas' masterwork in surprisingly non-technical modern English and paragraph format. For the first time the Summa, which synthesizes with immense scholarship and brilliance Aristotelian learning on the nature of the world and the human person with biblical teaching on God's loving purpose in creating them, is available in a concisely distilled translation and in a form that will appeal both to professional students and to interested general readers.
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"The teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas is presented in continuously flowing paragraphs with appropriate chapter headings, much more like the style of modern philosophers since Descartes....The real meat of St. Thomas Aquinas has been captured here with remarkable good judgment, and it is in fact a fresh and stimulating experience to read Aquinas' doctrine on a given point gathered all together." --W. Norris Clarke, S.J., Fordham University
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A very clear and concise translation!,
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This review is from: Summa Theologiae: A Concise Translation (Paperback)
For those of us who do not have the time to physically sit down and read all five books of the Summa, this is most certainly the closest you will come to consuming the real thing! I found this after I had began to read the first few chapters and nothing comes so close to capturing the essence of Aquinas's writings so thouroughly (and in only a sixth of the size of the original)! This book is a must for the true Thomistic scholar!
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An Expanded Index,
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As a research student in philosophy and a Catholic priest I have found this volume invaluable. It sits on my shelf next to my five volume 1950 Leonine edition of the Summa and acts as an expanded index. This is undoubtedly its greatest value: when seeking something in the Summa the ability to lift down this one volume, look for the appropriate text and check a summary of the Questions before turning to the real thing. I would additionally recommend it to all philosophy students and those interested in Catholic Philosophy and Theology as a text which can stand alone and whet the interest in this great thinkers magnum opus.
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While any rigorous Thomistic scholarship obviously requires reference to Aquinas' unabridged works, this translation and abridgment is ideal for introducing students to Aquinas' thought. It allows students access to primary source material which would otherwise be too voluminous for easy consumption in an introductory setting. While scholars may debate the correctness of some of the translation, that is an issue for almost any translated text. Hence, I utilize this text myself in teaching Aquinas and highly recommend it to others looking for their first exposure to the Angelic Doctor's supreme achievment.
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To start with we ask whether there is a God, and if so, in what way he exists, or rather in what ways he does not. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
original integrated state, deiform virtues, sacramental appearances, fatal sin, instilled knowledge, lifeless faith, abstracted species, subsidiary virtues, individual distinctness, supervening properties, inherited sin, other moral virtues, reasoning creatures, mental virtues, ritual injunctions, judicial injunctions, aggressive emotions, affective emotion, sin fatal, sacramental effect, baptismal character, vegetative powers, agent mind, interior activity, added prohibitions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Holy Spirit, Old Law, New Law, Old Testament, Jesus Christ, New Testament, God the Father, Christ Jesus, John Damascene, Ibn Roschd, Jesus of Nazareth, Summa Thomas New!
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To start with we ask whether there is a God, and if so, in what way he exists, or rather in what ways he does not. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
original integrated state, deiform virtues, sacramental appearances, fatal sin, instilled knowledge, lifeless faith, abstracted species, subsidiary virtues, individual distinctness, supervening properties, inherited sin, other moral virtues, reasoning creatures, mental virtues, ritual injunctions, judicial injunctions, aggressive emotions, affective emotion, sin fatal, sacramental effect, baptismal character, vegetative powers, agent mind, interior activity, added prohibitions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Holy Spirit, Old Law, New Law, Old Testament, Jesus Christ, New Testament, God the Father, Christ Jesus, John Damascene, Ibn Roschd, Jesus of Nazareth, Summa Thomas New!
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