Below are the links to all of my posts this semester on St. Thomas’s Summa contra Gentiles, based upon course and lecture notes for an upper-division medieval philosophy seminar. The Sapiential Cosmology of St. Thomas Aquinas (introductory overview of ScG) The Polyvalent Hierarchy of Wisdoms (introductory chapters of ScG) God’s Power and Creative Act (ScG, … Continue reading Series on the Summa contra Gentiles
We conclude our examination of Summa contra Gentiles with an overview of ScG, III.114–146 and the surrounding chapters; a consideration of why Aquinas talks about law, and what topics are omitted in our course; on the legal and religious nature of the human person; in light of providence, on the possibility of a philosophy of … Continue reading The Theocentric Drama of History
We now begin our study of God’s providence, which will occupy our attention for the remaining two posts of this series. In this post, we discuss ScG, III.64–113 as follows: an overview of ScG, III.64–77; some details from the above chapters; an overview of ScG, III.78–97; look at some aspects of the governance of creation … Continue reading God’s Providence, Governance, and the Stewardship of Creation
We now reflect briefly upon ScG, III.37–63. We consider: the lay of the land, an outline of topics; the principal arguments in these chapters, a higher via negativa regarding human felicity; some concluding reflections on the result of this argumentation. consider the nature of the beatific vision; the relationship of nature and grace to man’s … Continue reading The Heavenly Vision of Love Itself
John G. Brungardt 