Aquinas

Ralph McInerny is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.

Part I: A Short Life. 1. Origins. 2. Montecassino (1230--1239). 3. University of Naples (1239--1244). 4. Under House Arrest (1244--1245). 5. Cologne and Albert the Great (1245--1248). 6. Student at Paris (1252--1256). 7. First Paris Professorship (1256--1259). 8. Italian Interlude (1259--1268). 9. Second Paris Period (1269--1272). 10. Naples (1272--1274). selected Further Reading. Part II: In Pursuit of Wisdom. 11. Theology presupposes Philosophy. 12. The Quest of Philosophy. 13. Theoretical and Practical. 14. The Order of Learning. 15. The Two Theologies. 16. The Four Orders. 17. The Logical Order. 18. Our Natural Way of Knowing. 19. Matter and Form. 20. Things that Come to Be as the Result of a Change. 21. The Parmenidean Problem. 22. The Sequel. 23. The Prime Mover. 24. The Soul. 25. Sense Perception. 26. The Immortality of the Human Soul. 27. The Opening to Metaphysics. 28. The Big Problem. 29. The Two Theologies Revisited. 30. Being as Being. 31. Analogy. 32. Being as Analogous. 33. Substance. 34. Presuppositions of Metaphysics. 35. God and Metaphysics. 36. Ipsum esse Subsistens. 37. The Moral Order. 38. Ultimate End in Aristotle. 39. Ultimate End in Thomas. 40. Virtuous Action. 41. Natural Law. 42. Natural Inclinations. 43. Virtue and Law. 44. Practical Syllogism. 45. End/Means. 46. The Common Good. 47. Natural and Supernatural Ends. 48. Preambles of Faith. 49. Christian Philosophy. 50. Beyond Philosophy. 51. The Range of Theology. Sources. Selected Further Reading. Part III: Thomism. 52. The First Phase. 53. Second Scholasticism. 54. The Leonine Revival. 55. Three Thomisms. 56. Whither Thomism?. Selected Further Reading. Index