Saint Thomas Aquinas Collection

by Thomas Aquinas

Aeterna Press’ collection of 22 volumes of Saint Thomas Aquinas’ prolific theological works, including Summa Theologiae and Summa contra Gentiles.

Genres: Philosophy, Religion, Theology, Christian

17700 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 16, 2008

About the author

Philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican friar and theologian of Italy and the most influential thinker of the medieval period, combined doctrine of Aristotle and elements of Neoplatonism, a system that Plotinus and his successors developed and based on that of Plato, within a context of Christian thought; his works include the Summa contra gentiles (1259-1264) and the Summa theologiae or theologica (1266-1273).

Saint Albertus Magnus taught Saint Thomas Aquinas.

People ably note this priest, sometimes styled of Aquin or Aquino, as a scholastic. The Roman Catholic tradition honors him as a "doctor of the Church."

Aquinas lived at a critical juncture of western culture when the arrival of the Aristotelian corpus in Latin translation reopened the question of the relation between faith and reason, calling into question the modus vivendi that obtained for centuries. This crisis flared just as people founded universities. Thomas after early studies at Montecassino moved to the University of Naples, where he met members of the new Dominican order. At Naples too, Thomas first extended contact with the new learning. He joined the Dominican order and then went north to study with Albertus Magnus, author of a paraphrase of the Aristotelian corpus. Thomas completed his studies at the University of Paris, formed out the monastic schools on the left bank and the cathedral school at Notre Dame. In two stints as a regent master, Thomas defended the mendicant orders and of greater historical importance countered both the interpretations of Averroës of Aristotle and the Franciscan tendency to reject Greek philosophy. The result, a new modus vivendi between faith and philosophy, survived until the rise of the new physics. The Catholic Church over the centuries regularly and consistently reaffirmed the central importance of work of Thomas for understanding its teachings concerning the Christian revelation, and his close textual commentaries on Aristotle represent a cultural resource, now receiving increased recognition.

Reviews

[David M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a reference work. It is 15,000 pages long because it contains everything Aquinas ever wrote.

I have it so that I could have the two Summa’s available to me. And anything else he wrote would be available should I need it.

I only mark things as finished when I’ve actually read them covered to cover, but in this case, if I use that as my standard, it would be in my “Currently Reading” list forever.

[Salvatore Somma · Rating 1 out of 5]

Incompatible With Kindle eReaders

I bought this for my Kindle thinking it would be a great deal, but anytime I try to open the book on my Kindle, my Kindle freezes, and I have to force restart it. While it is good for my iPhone or iPad, it’s not what I bought it for very disappointed

[Warren Caster]

I like it.