'This book is an astounding achievement. It will not be superseded for decades. It will surely remain on the bibliography for as long as Thomas Aquinas is regarded as a major thinker; for as long as there is Western philosophy.' - Fergus Kerr, Ars Disputandi‘This is by far the best book we have on Aquinas’s philosophy as a whole, and it will undoubtedly become a standard point of reference for anyone interested in his work’- Robert Pasnau, Mind

• Preface, List of abbreviations, List of Aquinas’s works, Introduction: life and overview of Aquinas’s thought, Part I: The ultimate foundation of reality, 1. Metaphysics: a theory of things, 2. Goodness, 3. God’s simplicity, 4. God’s eternity, 5. God’s knowledge, Part II: The nature of human beings, 6. Forms and bodies: the soul, 7. The foundations of knowledge, 8. The mechanisms of cognition, 9. Freedom: action, intellect and will, Part III: The nature of human excellence, 10. A representative moral virtue: justice, 11. A representative intellectual virtue: wisdom, 12. A representative theological virtue: faith, 13. Grace and free will, Part IV: God’s relationship to human beings, 14. The metaphysics of the incarnation, 15. Atonement, 16. Providence and suffering, Notes, Select bibliography, Index

'This book is an astounding achievement. It will not be superseded for decades. It will surely remain on the bibliography for as long as Thomas Aquinas is regarded as a major thinker; for as long as there is Western philosophy.' - Fergus Kerr, Ars Disputandi‘This is by far the best book we have on Aquinas’s philosophy as a whole, and it will undoubtedly become a standard point of reference for anyone interested in his work’- Robert Pasnau, Mind

• Preface, List of abbreviations, List of Aquinas’s works, Introduction: life and overview of Aquinas’s thought, Part I: The ultimate foundation of reality, 1. Metaphysics: a theory of things, 2. Goodness, 3. God’s simplicity, 4. God’s eternity, 5. God’s knowledge, Part II: The nature of human beings, 6. Forms and bodies: the soul, 7. The foundations of knowledge, 8. The mechanisms of cognition, 9. Freedom: action, intellect and will, Part III: The nature of human excellence, 10. A representative moral virtue: justice, 11. A representative intellectual virtue: wisdom, 12. A representative theological virtue: faith, 13. Grace and free will, Part IV: God’s relationship to human beings, 14. The metaphysics of the incarnation, 15. Atonement, 16. Providence and suffering, Notes, Select bibliography, Index

'This book is an astounding achievement. It will not be superseded for decades. It will surely remain on the bibliography for as long as Thomas Aquinas is regarded as a major thinker; for as long as there is Western philosophy.' - Fergus Kerr, Ars Disputandi‘This is by far the best book we have on Aquinas’s philosophy as a whole, and it will undoubtedly become a standard point of reference for anyone interested in his work’- Robert Pasnau, Mind

• Preface, List of abbreviations, List of Aquinas’s works, Introduction: life and overview of Aquinas’s thought, Part I: The ultimate foundation of reality, 1. Metaphysics: a theory of things, 2. Goodness, 3. God’s simplicity, 4. God’s eternity, 5. God’s knowledge, Part II: The nature of human beings, 6. Forms and bodies: the soul, 7. The foundations of knowledge, 8. The mechanisms of cognition, 9. Freedom: action, intellect and will, Part III: The nature of human excellence, 10. A representative moral virtue: justice, 11. A representative intellectual virtue: wisdom, 12. A representative theological virtue: faith, 13. Grace and free will, Part IV: God’s relationship to human beings, 14. The metaphysics of the incarnation, 15. Atonement, 16. Providence and suffering, Notes, Select bibliography, Index