Aquinas's Summa Theologiae

Brian Davies is Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. His books include The Thought of Thomas Aquinas(1992), Aquinas(2002), and An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion(3rd edn., 2004). He is the editor of Thomas Aquinas: Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives(2002). With G.R. Evans, he is co-editor of Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works(1998). With Brian Leftow, he is co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Anselm(2004). He is also the editor of the Great Medieval Thinkers series published by Oxford University Press.

Brian Davies has brought together a judicious selection of the finest essays of the last half century on Aquinas—one which illustrates both the range of Aquinas's work and the variety of approaches that can usefully be brought to it. Newcomers to Aquinas will find plenty here to stimulate their interest and deepen their understanding, whilst specialist scholars will be pleased to have so many central discussions conveniently collected in a single volume.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 AcknowledgementsChapter 3 The Setting of the Summa TheologiaeChapter 4 Prelude to the Five WaysChapter 5 The Five WaysChapter 6 Form and ExistenceChapter 7 Aquinas on What God is NotChapter 8 The Unity of Body and SoulChapter 9 The Nature of the IntellectChapter 10 The Immortality of the SoulChapter 11 Aquinas' Account of Freedom: Intellect and WillChapter 12 Habits and VirtuesChapter 13 Natural Law: Incommensurable ReadingsChapter 14 Suggested ReadingsChapter 15 About the Authors