Summa theologica. Volumul I

by Thomas Aquinas

Traducere de Alexander Baumgarten (coord.), Cristian Bejan, Andrei Bereschi, Gabriel Chindea, Marcela Ciortea, Emanuel Grosu, Laura Maftei, Mihai Maga, Adrian Muraru, Laura-Maria Popoviciu, Vasile Rus, Delia Savinescu, Wilhelm Tauwinkl

Prefata de Adriano Oliva, O.P.
Lamuriri preliminare de Alexander Baumgarten

Toma din Aquino a ilustrat in cea mai importanta opera a sa, Summa theologica, spectacolul unei vieti intelectuale magnifice, care a reunit teologia si filosofia intr-un efort de intelegere a Creatorului si a ordinii creatiei. Alaturind sursele grecesti si arabe ale filosofiei celor iudaice si patristice ale crestinismului, el a realizat o sinteza a carierei sale intelectuale. Expresie vie atit a solutiilor pe care gindirea scolastica le-a dat problemelor ce izvorau din sursele mentionate, cit si a tensiunilor in urma carora s-a nascut modernitatea europeana. Summa theologica poate fi inteleasa doar prin prisma circumstantelor in care a aparut, fiind un dialog al ideilor vehiculate de dominicani, franciscani si seculari in mediul intelectual de la Universitatea din Paris a secolului al XIII-lea. Acest volum cuprinde integral prima parte a operei, dedicata chestiunilor de teologie speculativa, angelologie, antropologie si filosofie politica, urmind ca in celelalte trei volume sa intilnim chestiuni de teologie morala, filosofia dreptului si teologia sacramentelor.

970 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2009

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.