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The Tao of Thomas Aquinas: Fierce Wisdom for Hard Times

Matthew Fox

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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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