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Thomas Aquinas's Summa Contra Gentiles: A Guide and Commentary

Brian Davies

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    Table of Contents

    1Contents
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 19 min    2Preface
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    31. The Summa Contra Gentiles and Its Context
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    41.1 Aquinas’s Life
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min    51.2 Aquinas’s Writings
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min    61.3 When and Why Did Aquinas Write the Summa Contra Gentiles?
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min    71.4 Aquinas Explains Himself
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 22 min    82. Approaching the Question of God’s Existence (SCG 1,10–12)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    92.1 Kinds of Natural Theology (SCG 1,10–11)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 20 min    102.2 Faith versus Demonstration (SCG 1,12)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min    112.3 Comments on the Above
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 37 min    123. Arguing for God’s Existence (SCG 1,13)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    133.1 Argument One
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 22 min    143.2 Argument Two
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    153.3 Three More Arguments
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    163.4 What Has Aquinas Achieved in the Natural Theology Offered in SCG 1,13?
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 41 min    174. God as Eternal and Simple (SCG 1,14–27)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    184.1 Divine Eternity (SCG 1,15)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    194.2 God as Lacking Passive Potency and Matter (SCG 1,16 and 17)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    204.3 God as Noncomposite (SCG 1,18)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    214.4 God as Simple (SCG 1,20–27)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min    224.5 Comments on Aquinas on Divine Simplicity
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 37 min    235. Talking about God (SCG 1,28–36)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    245.1 The General Picture
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min    255.2 SCG 1,28–36: Details
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 27 min    265.3 How to Assess SCG 1,28–36?
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min    276. Goodness, Oneness, and Infinity (SCG 1,37–43)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    286.1 Why Is It True That God Is Good? (SCG 1,37)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min    296.2 Is God Goodness Itself? (SCG 1,38)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min    306.3 Is there Evil in God? (SCG 1,39)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    316.4 God as the Good of Every Good and as the Highest Good (SCG 1,40–41)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    326.5 Oneness and Infinity (SCG 1,42–43)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min    336.6 A Note on Aquinas’s “God Is Good” and “There Is No Evil in God”
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 20 min    346.7 Moving On
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    357. God’s Knowledge (SCG 1, 44–71)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    367.1 Aquinas on Knowledge
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min    377.2 Aquinas on God’s Knowledge (SCG 1, 44–71)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 39 min    387.3 Thinking about SCG 1,44–71
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min    398. God’s Will, Life, and Blessedness (SCG 1,72–102)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    408.1 Aquinas on Will
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min    418.2 Aquinas on Life
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min    428.3 Aquinas on Blessedness
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    438.4 Aquinas on Will in God (SCG 1,72–96)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 39 min    448.5 Aquinas on God’s Life (SCG 1,97–99)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    458.6 God’s Blessedness (SCG 1,100–102)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    468.7 Some Comments on SCG 1,72–102
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min    478.8 Moving on to SCG 2
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    489. God as Omnipotent Creator (SCG 2,1–29)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    499.1 The Bringing Forth of Things into Being (SCG 2,6)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    509.2 Power in God (SCG 2,7–10)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    519.3 God and Relations (SCG 2,11–14)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    529.4 God as Creator (SCG 2,15–21)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min    539.5 Creation “from Nothing” (SCG 2,16)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    549.6 Creation Is Not aMotion or aChange (SCG 2,17–19)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    559.7 What Can Create? (SCG 2,20–21)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    569.8 God as Omnipotent (SCG 2,22–29)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min    579.9 Some Comments on SCG 2,1–29
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 16 min    5810. Necessity in Creatures, the Eternity of the World, and Distinctions among Creatures (SCG 2,30–45)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    5910.1 Can There Be Created Yet Necessary Things? (SCG 2,30)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    6010.2 Must Creatures Always Have Existed? (SCG 2,31–38)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 19 min    6110.3 Proving That the World Is Not Eternal (SCG 2,38)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min    6210.4 Distinction among Creatures (SCG 2,39–45)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 20 min    6310.5 Some Comments on SCG 2,30–45
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min    6411. Intellectual Creatures (SCG 2,46–101)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    6511.1 Why Intellectual Creatures? (SCG 2,46)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    6611.2 What Can Be Said of Intellectual Substances in General? (SCG 2,47–55)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 23 min    6711.3 Soul and Body in People (SCG 2,56–90)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 42 min    6811.4 Created Intellects That Are Not United to Bodies (SCG 2,91–101)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min    6911.5 Reflecting on SCG 2,46–101
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 19 min    7011.6 Moving On
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    7112. Agents, Ends, Evil, and Good (SCG 3,1–15)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    7212.1 Agents and Ends (SCG 3,2–3)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 16 min    7312.2 Evil (SCG 3,4–15)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 44 min    7412.3 Some Comments on SCG 3,1–15
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 34 min    7513. The End of All Things and of People in Particular (SCG 3,16–63)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    7613.1 Creatures Aiming at God (SCG 3,16–25)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 17 min    7713.2 Ultimate Felicity for Humans (SCG 3,26–63)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 46 min    7813.3 The Value of SCG 3,16–63
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 18 min    7914. Providence at Work (SCG 3,64–110)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    8014.1 God as Acting in All Things (SCG 3,65–70)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 13 min    8114.2 What Divine Providence Does Not Exclude (SCG 3,71–74)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min    8214.3 Providence and Singulars (SCG 3,75–76)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    8314.4 Providence and Secondary Causes (SCG 3,77–83)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 13 min    8414.5 Providence and Prayer (SCG 3,95–96)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min    8514.6 Miracles (SCG 3,98–102)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min    8614.7 Magic and Demons (SCG 3,104–110)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    8714.8 Is Aquinas Right about Divine Providence?
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 29 min    8815. Providence in Relation to Rational Creatures (SCG 3,111–163)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    8915.1 Rational Creatures and Providence (SCG 3,111–113)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    9015.2 People and Laws: The General Picture (SCG 3,114–116)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    9115.3 Love of Neighbor, Right Faith, Worship of God, Marriage, Sex, Food, and Nature (SCG 3,117–129)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 27 min    9215.4 Divine Counsels (SCG 3,130–138)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    9315.5 Rewards and Punishments (SCG 3,142–146)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min    9415.6 Grace (SCG 3,147–163)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 29 min    9515.7 Some Reflections on SCG 3,111–163
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 17 min    9616. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (SCG 4,2–26)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min    9716.1 Aquinas’s General Approach to the Trinity in SCG 4,2–26
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 20 min    9816.2 SCG 4,2–26: Some Details
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 49 min    9916.3 Is Aquinas Right on the Trinity?
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 32 min    10017. God Incarnate (SCG 4,27–49)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min    10117.1 The Incarnation and Heresy (SCG 4,28–39)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min    10217.2 Reasoning Concerning the Incarnation (SCG 4,40–49)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 38 min    10317.3 Some Comments on SCG 4,27–49
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 44 min    10418. The Fittingness of the Incarnation, the Sacraments, the Resurrection, and the Final State of People and of the World
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    10518.1 The Suitability of the Incarnation (SCG 4,50–55)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 43 min    10618.2 Sacraments (SCG 4,56–78)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 38 min    10718.3 Resurrection, the Life to Come, and the End of the World (SCG 4,79–97)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 20 min    10818.4 Some Comments on SCG 4,79–97
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 42 min    109Appendix: SCG at a Glance
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    110Preface
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    111Chapter 1. The Summa Contra Gentiles and Its Context
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 13 min    112Chapter 2. Approaching the Question of God’s Existence (SCG 1,10–12)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 14 min    113Chapter 3. Arguing for God’s Existence (SCG 1,13)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 22 min    114Chapter 4. God as Eternal and Simple (SCG 1,14–27)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min    115Chapter 5. Talking about God (SCG 1,28–36)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    116Chapter 6. Goodness, Oneness, and Infinity (SCG 1,37–43)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    117Chapter 7. God’s Knowledge (SCG 1,44–71)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min    118Chapter 8. God’s Will, Life, and Blessedness (SCG 1,72–102)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    119Chapter 9. God as Omnipotent Creator (SCG 2,1–29)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    120Chapter 10. Necessity in Creatures, the Eternity of the World, and Distinctions among Creatures (SCG 2,30–45)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min    121Chapter 11. Intellectual Creatures (SCG 2,46–101)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 23 min    122Chapter 12. Agents, Ends, Evil, and Good (SCG 3,1–15)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 16 min    123Chapter 13. The End of All Things and of People in Particular (SCG 3,16–63)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min    124Chapter 14. Providence at Work (SCG 3,64–110)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min    125Chapter 15. Providence in Relation to Rational Creatures (SCG 3,111–163)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 21 min    126Chapter 16. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (SCG 4,2–26)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 16 min    127Chapter 17. God Incarnate (SCG 4,27–49)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min    128Chapter 18. The Fittingness of the Incarnation, the Sacraments, the Resurrection, and the Final State of People and of t
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 28 min    129Bibliography
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 30 min    130Index
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 43 min

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