Resources: Aristotelian Thomism
An Introduction to Metaphysics by Ralph McInerny
Philosophy of Nature by William A. Wallace
Introduction to Human Nature by Thomas S. Hibbs
River Forest Aquinas Institute of Philosophy and Theology
Thomas
Aquinas in English translation: A Bibliography
Thomas kept his Latin simple and straightforward, wanting nothing
to come between his readers and truth. Consequently, learning enough Latin to
consult his works in the original takes far less time and effort than learning
to read Cicero or Livy or Vergil. You can do it, and on-line resources can help.
If not, here's a bibliography of English translations.
THE
THEOLOGY OF THOMAS AQUINAS: BIBLIOGRAPHY
This recent, select bibliography appears in Thomas O'Meara, O.P.,
THE THEOLOGY OF THOMAS AQUINAS (University of Notre Dame Press, 1997).
The
University of Notre Dame
Thomistic Institute
2004 St. Thomas Aquinas and the Natural Law
2003 Ethics Without God?
1999 Fides et Ratio
1998 Science, Philosophy, and Theology
1997 Science, Philosophy, and Theology
Jacques
Maritain
Jacques Maritain (1882-1973), French philosopher and political
thinker, was one of the principal exponents of Thomism in the twentieth century
and an influential interpreter of the thought of St Thomas Aquinas.
Ralph
McInerny on Saint Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) lived at a critical juncture of western
culture when the arrival of the Aristotelian corpus in Latin translation reopened
the question of the relation between faith and reason, calling into question
the modus vivendi that had obtained for centuries. This crisis flared up just
as universities were being founded. Thomas, after early studies at Montecassino,
moved on to the University of Naples, where he met members of the new Dominican
Order. It was at Naples too that Thomas had his first extended contact with
the new learning. When he joined the Dominican Order he went north to study
with Albertus Magnus, author of a paraphrase of the Aristotelian corpus. Thomas
completed his studies at the University of Paris, which had been formed out
of the monastic schools on the Left Bank and the cathedral school at Notre Dame.
In two stints as a regent master Thomas defended the mendicant orders and, of
greater historical importance, countered both the Averroistic interpretations
of Aristotle and the Franciscan tendency to reject Greek philosophy. The result
was a new modus vivendi between faith and philosophy which survived until the
rise of the new physics. Thomas's theological writings became regulative of
the Catholic Church and his close textual commentaries on Aristotle represent
a cultural resource which is now receiving increased recognition.
James
Schall reviews THE THOUGHT OF THOMAS AQUINAS by Brian Davies, O.P.
Every couple of semesters, I teach a course on St. Thomas. One
must simply assume that neither undergraduate nor graduate students have the
slightest preparation for reading and appreciating St. Thomas. They have hardly
any clue about what they are missing, why it has been removed from their academic
curriculum, or how to go about repairing the damage. It is, I confess, always
a delight, once the semester gets going and we have read some beginnings, to
see students brighten up, to begin themselves to be amazed at this extraordinary
Dominican who died before he was fifty but who left us so much that we hardly
can imagine how he was possible, let alone how he was so lucid.
Aquinas's
commentaries on Scripture
Done years ago by Fr. Fabian Larcher, of St. Thomas Aquinas's
biblical commentaries on Hebrews, Colossians, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians,
and Ephesians. Until a couple years ago, these unpublished translations - good
but left unpublished because they are not critical editions (i.e. with footnotes,
using the most critically up-to-date Latin text etc.) - existed only in typescripts
kept in a box by Fr. Pierre Conway OP of the Dominican House in Washington D.C.
He gave the typescripts to the Aquinas Center on the promise that they would
be converted into digital format and worked toward publication.
The
Aquinas Translation Project
A web-based project which seeks to provide scholars, religious
and any interested individuals with translations of St. Thomas Aquinas's works
not readily available in English. The co-ordinator of the Project is Dr. Stephen
Loughlin, an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at DeSales University, Center
Valley, Pennsylvannia, USA. Among their present efforts is Aquinas's Commentary
on the Psalms.
Grant me, O
merciful God, that I might ardently love,
prudently ponder,
rightly acknowledge,
and perfectly fulfill all that is pleasing to you,
for the praise and glory of your name.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
REALITY—A
Synthesis Of Thomistic Thought
by Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O. P.
The
Twenty-Four Fundamental Theses Of Official Catholic Philosophy
By
P. Lumbreras, O.P., S.T.Lr., Ph.D.
Logical reconstruction of the proof from motion for God's existence
Two Roles for Catholic Philosophers: by Alfred J. Freddoso
Introduction to Catholic Theology
Studies in Natural Law