The philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas

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Foreword / Fr. Vincent McNabb O.P

The author's preface to the translation

Translator's preface to the new edition

I. The man and his environment

A. The life and works of St. Thomas

B. St. Thomas and Aristotelianism

C. The Christian doctor

II. Faith and reason: the object of philosophy

III. The alleged evidence for the existence of God

IV. The first proof of the existence of God

V. The four other proofs of the existence of God

VI. The divine attributes

A. The knowledge of God by negation

B. The knowledge of God by Analogy

VII. Creation

A. The nature of the creative act

B. The beginning

C. The distinction of things

evil

VIII. The angels

IX. The corporeal world and the efficacy of secondary causes

X. The union of soul and body

XI. The powers of the soul

Life and the senses

XII. The intellect and rational knowledge

XIII. Knowledge and truth

XIV. Appetite and will

XV. The human act

A.The structure of the human act

B. Habits

C. The virtues

D. The laws

XVI. The last end

XVII. The spirit of Thomistic philosophy