Abbreviations, References, and Technical Terminology
Abbreviations, References, and Technical Terminology
EN Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
Metaph. Aristotle, Metaphysics
Thomas Aquinas:
De ente De ente et essentia (On Being and Essence)
De pot. Quaestiones disputatae De potentia (Disputed Questions on the Power of God)
De princ. nat. De principiis naturae (On the Principles of Nature)
De spir. creat. Quaestio disputata de spiritualibus creaturis (On Spiritual Creatures)
De subst. sep. De substantiis separatis (On Separate Substances)
De ver. Quaestiones disputatae de ueritate (Disputed Questions on Truth)
In De an. Sentencia Libri De anima (Commentary on Aristotle’s De anima)
In De caelo Sententia super librum De caelo et mundo (Commentary on Aristotle’s De caelo)
In De gen. Sententia super libros De generatione et corruptione (Commentary on Aristotle’s De generatione et corruptione)
In De Trin. Super Boetium De Trinitate (Commentary on Boethius’s De Trinitate)
In Eth. Sententia Libri Ethicorum (Commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics)
In Meta. Sententia super Metaphysicam (Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics)
In Peryerm. Expositio Libri Peryermenias (Commentary on Aristotle’s De interpretatione)
In Phys. Sententia super Physicam (Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics)
In Polit. Sententia Libri Politicorum (Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics)
In Post. an. Expositio Libri Posteriorum (Commentary on Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics)
In Sent. Scriptum super libros Sententiarum (Commentary on Peter Lombard’s Sentences)
Quodl. Quaestiones de quolibet I–XII (Quodlibetal Questions I–XII)
Scg Summa contra Gentiles
STh Summa theologiae
Where possible, references to Thomas’s works include the paragraph numbers (signaled by §) of the Marietti editions (see the Bibliography), which many English translations follow. The translations of Thomas in this book, however, are the author’s.
Although Thomas strives to adhere to the meanings that words carry in ordinary speech, a number of terms in his lexicon bear technical senses. I have tried to catch and explain those that appear in this book, but if the reader still finds a term unclear, or desires a fuller account, an excellent source is William Wallace’s handy reference work, The Elements of Philosophy.