Preface

Preface

PREFACE

1. For a famous work displaying the structure of the Summa Theologiae, see the analysis to be found in the Cursus Theologiae of John of St. Thomas (1589–1644). This is available in English in John of St. Thomas, Introduction to the “Summa Theologiae,” translated and edited by Ralph McInerny (South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2004).

2. Saint Thomas Aquinas: “Summa Contra Gentiles” (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1975). Volume 1 is translated by Anton C. Pegis. Volume 2 is translated by James F. Anderson. Volumes 3 and 4 are translated by Vernon J. Bourke. Volume 5 is translated by Charles J. O’Neil. The Notre Dame volumes are reprints of a text originally published by Hanover House (Garden City, NY) in 1955 under the title On the Truth of the Catholic Faith. The whole of this translation, with Latin-English facing text, is available for free online at http://dhspriory.org/thomas/ContraGentiles.htm. Note, however, that this online version lacks page numbers and contains many typographical errors absent in the text published by Notre Dame.

3. In 1924 an English edition of the Summa Contra Gentiles was published by the fathers of the English Dominican Province (London: Burnes Oates and Washbourne, 1924). This translation is now out of print, but it can be found online at http://www.saintwiki.com/index.php?title=Summa_Contra_Gentiles.

4. The Notre Dame edition of the SCG splits book 3 into two volumes, which I abbreviate as ND, 3/1 and ND, 3/2.

5. If you are able to read Latin, you should consult the Leonine Commission’s version of the Summa Contra Gentiles (Rome, 1918–1930). This is a critical edition of the text, though some learned corrections to it have been provided by René-Antoine Gauthier in his Somme Contre Les Gentils (Paris: Editions Universitaires, 1993). For a Latin edition of the SCG online, see http://www.corpusthomisticum.org/.

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