Paperback A Shorter Summa: The Essential Philosophical Passages of St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica Edited and Explained for Beginners Book

ISBN: 0898704383

ISBN13: 9780898704389

A Shorter Summa: The Essential Philosophical Passages of St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica Edited and Explained for Beginners

A shortened version of Kreeft's much larger Summa of the Summa, which in turn was a shortened version of the Summa Theologica. The reason for the double shortening is pretty obvious: the original runs some 4000 pages! (The Summa of the Summa was just over 500.) The Summa is certainly the greatest, most ambitious, most rational book of theology ever written. In it, there is also much philosophy, which is selected, excerpted, arranged, introduced, and explained in footnotes here by Kreeft, a popular Thomist teacher and writer. St. Thomas Aquinas is universally recognized as one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived. His writings combine the two fundamental ideals of philosophical writing: clarity and profundity. He is a master of metaphysics and technical terminology, yet so full of both theoretical and practical wisdom. He is the master of common sense. The Summa Theologica is timeless, but particularly important today because of his synthesis of faith and reason, revelation and philosophy, and the Biblical and the classical Greco-Roman heritages. This little book is designed for beginners, either for classroom use or individually. It contains the most famous and influential passages of St. Thomas' philosophy with copious aids to understanding them.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0898704383

ISBN13:9780898704389

Release Date:May 1993

Publisher:Ignatius Press

Length:165 Pages

Weight:0.52 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"

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Rated 3 stars
good for an introduction

By mint, May 21, 2020

The compiler tries his best, but I did find one or two unorthodox viewpoints in them, so take the footnotes with a grain of salt. However, as a heavily shortened introduction to Thomas Aquinas it's very good, think of it as a 101 class. It will broadly hit all the major questions and give you the first peek into Aquinas, giving you the tools to delve more deeply on your own. If you want to learn HOW to read Aquinas, this...

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