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• Apologetics—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274—Summa contra gentiles [Browse]
• Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 [Browse]

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Presupposing no previous knowledge of Aquinas or of his works, Davies offers the most detailed account and discussion of the SCG available in English in one volume.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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English

Contents

• COVER; THOMAS AQUINAS'S SUMMA CONTRA GENTILES: A GUIDE AND COMMENTARY; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1: The Summa Contra Gentiles and Its Context ; 1.1 Aquinas's Life ; 1.2 Aquinas's Writings ; 1.3 When and Why Did Aquinas Write the Summa Contra Gentiles? ; 1.4 Aquinas Explains Himself ; Chapter 2: Approaching the Question of God's Existence (SCG1:,10:-12:) ; 2.1 Kinds of Natural Theology (SCG 1,10-11) ; 2.2 Faith versus Demonstration (SCG 1,12) ; 2.3 Comments on the Above ; 2.3.1 Should Natural Theology Not Be Avoided Altogether? ; 2.3.2 "God Exists" as Self-Evident
• Chapter 3: Arguing for God's Existence (SCG1:,13:) 3.1 Argument One ; 3.1.1 "Everything That Is Moved Is Moved by Another" ; 3.1.2 "There Is No Procession to Infinity among Movers and Things Moved" ; 3.2 Argument Two ; 3.3 Three More Arguments ; 3.3.1 The First Argument ; 3.3.2 The Second Argument ; 3.3.3 The Third Argument ; 3.4 What Has Aquinas Achieved in the Natural Theology Offered in SCG 1,13? ; 3.4.1 Some Initial Problems ; 3.4.2 Aquinas on Motion in SCG 1,13 ; 3.4.3 Aquinas on Efficient Causation ; 3.4.4 Existence and Nonexistence in SCG 1,13
• Chapter 4: God as Eternal and Simple (SCG1:,14:-27:) 4.1 Divine Eternity (SCG 1,15) ; 4.2 God as Lacking Passive Potency and Matter (SCG 1,16 and 17) ; 4.3 God as Noncomposite (SCG 1,18) ; 4.4 God as Simple (SCG 1,20-27) ; 4.5 Comments on Aquinas on Divine Simplicity ; Chapter 5: Talking about God (SCG1:,28:-36:) ; 5.1 The General Picture ; 5.2 SCG 1,28-36: Details ; 5.3 How to Assess SCG 1,28-36? ; Chapter 6: Goodness, Oneness, and Infinity (SCG1:,37:-43:) ; 6.1 Why Is It True That God Is Good? (SCG 1,37) ; 6.1.1 Comments on SCG 1,37 ; 6.2 Is God Goodness Itself? (SCG 1,38)
• 6.3 Is there Evil in God? (SCG 1,39) 6.4 God as the Good of Every Good and as the Highest Good (SCG 1,40-41) ; 6.5 Oneness and Infinity (SCG 1,42-43) ; 6.6 A Note on Aquinas's "God Is Good" and "There Is No Evil in God" ; 6.6.1 Why Aquinas Might Be Thought to Be Wrong in SCG 1,37-41 ; 6.6.2 Responses to the Above ; 6.7 Moving On ; Chapter 7: God's Knowledge (SCG1:,44:-71:) ; 7.1 Aquinas on Knowledge ; 7.2 Aquinas on God's Knowledge (SCG 1, 44-71) ; 7.2.1 God as Intelligent (SCG 1,44) ; 7.2.2 "God's Understanding Is the Divine Essence" (SCG 1,45)
• 7.2.3 God Understanding through the Divine Essence and as Understanding God (SCG 1,46-48) 7.2.4 God's Knowledge of What Is Not God (SCG 1,49-50) ; 7.2.5 What God's Knowledge Is Not (SCG 1,56-58) ; 7.2.6 Some Specifics Concerning What God Knows Other Than God (SCG 1,63-71) ; 7.3 Thinking about SCG 1,44-71 ; Chapter 8: God's Will, Life, and Blessedness (SCG1:,72:-102:) ; 8.1 Aquinas on Will ; 8.2 Aquinas on Life ; 8.3 Aquinas on Blessedness ; 8.4 Aquinas on Will in God (SCG 1,72-96) ; 8.4.1 There Is Will in God (SCG 1,72) ; 8.4.2 God's Will Is God's Essence (SCG 1,73)
• 8.4.3 God Principally Wills the Divine Essence (SCG 1,74)

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ISBN

• 0-19-045656-6
• 0-19-045655-8

OCLC

953456241

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