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The Tao of Thomas Aquinas: Fierce Wisdom for Hard Times

Matthew Fox

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  • 46 chapters
  • 46 PDF pages
  • 45,631 words
  • ≈ 351 min read
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    Table of Contents

    1Contents
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min
    2Praise for The Tao of Thomas Aquinas
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 16 min
    3Dedication
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    4Foreword
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min
    5Preface
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min
    6Introduction The Boldness of the Man Is Amazing
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 34 min
    71. The Experience of God Must Not Be Restricted to the Few or to the Old.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min
    82. ‘they Shall Be Drunk with the Beauty of Thy House,’ That Is, the Universe.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min
    93. Revelation Comes in Two Volumes: Nature and the Bible.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min
    104. The Greatness of the Human Person Consists in This: That We Are Capable of the Universe.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min
    115. AMistake About Creation Results in aMistake About God.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min
    126. Sheer Joy Is God’s, and This Demands Companionship.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min
    137. Joy Is the Human’s Noblest Act.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min
    148. Religion Is Supreme Thankfulness or Gratitude.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min
    159. The First and Primary Meaning of Salvation Is This: To Preserve Things in the Good.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 13 min
    1610. The Same Spirit Who Hovered over the Waters at the Beginning of Creation Hovers over the Mind of the Artist at Work.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min
    1711. We Ought to Cherish the Body [and] Celebrate the “wonderful Communion” of Body and Soul.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min
    1812. Every Truth Without Exception—and Whoever May Utter It—is from the Holy Spirit.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min
    1913. Revelation Has Been Made to Many Pagans… . The Old Pagan Virtues Were from God.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min
    2014. Every Being Is aName for God; and No Being Is aName for God.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min
    2115. We Are United to God as to One Unknown.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min
    2216. The Greatest Accomplishment of the Human Mind Is to Know That It Does Not Know Who God Is.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min
    2317. The First Requirement, Then, for the Contemplation of Wisdom Is That We Should Take Complete Possession of Our Minds
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min
    2418. It Is aGreat Thing to Do Miracles, but It Is aGreater Thing to Live Virtuously.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min
    2519. The Proper Objects of the Heart Are Truth and Justice.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min
    2620. The Vision of God Is Arrived at Through Justice.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min
    2721. Compassion Is the Fire That Jesus Came to Set on the Earth.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min
    2822. Conscience Is More to Be Obeyed Than Authority Imposed from the Outside.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min
    2923. The Prophet’s Mind Is Moved Not Only to Apprehend Something, but Also to Speak or to Do Something.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 14 min
    3024. A Trustworthy Person Is Angry at the Right People, for the Right Reasons, Expresses It in the Appropriate Manner and
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min
    3125. Playfulness, or Fun, Is a Virtue.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min
    3226. Sins of the Flesh Take You Toward God; Sins of the Spirit Take You Away from God.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min
    3327. It Pertains to Magnanimity to Have a Great Soul.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min
    3428. Angels Carry Thoughts from Prophet to Prophet.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min
    3529. There Is a Double Resurrection.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min
    3630. God Is a Fountain of Total Beauty, the Most Beautiful and the Superbeautiful.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min
    3731. Christ Is aDew for Cooling; Rain for Making Fruitful; aSeed for Bringing Forth the Fruit of Justice.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 14 min
    38Conclusion The Tao of Fierce Wisdom by Thomas Aquinas
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min
    39Afterword
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 20 min
    40Acknowledgements
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min
    41Sources
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min
    42Notes
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min
    43About the Author
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min
    44Books by Matthew Fox
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min
    45Praise for Sheer Joy
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min
    46Endnotes
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min

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