- Taschenbuch: 140 Seiten
- Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (7. März 2010)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 115376914X
- ISBN-13: 978-1153769143
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 15,2 x 22,9 x 0,8 cm
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A Decent Primer of St. Thomas Aquinas' Thought
20. Oktober 2010
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St. Thomas Aquinas is one of twenty Doctors of the Church - theologians and thinkers who have over the centuries had the greatest impact on Catholic theology. With St. Augustine he is indubitably the highest regarded theologian of all the time. He was an incredibly prolific writer, which is all the more remarkable for the fact that his writing is rather technical and "dense" - he is not very accessible to the average reader. He strove for logical and theological clarity, and all of his arguments had a very coherent and precise structure.
This short book presents excerpts from St. Thomas' magnum opus "Summa Theologica." "Summa" is one of the most comprehensive and far-reaching books of theology ever written, but its sheer size makes it inaccessible to all but the most dedicated readers. Over the centuries there have been attempts to write a shorter compendium of the most important passages of the "Summa," and even St. Thomas himself wrote one of these "summa of the Summa." Most of these compendiums retained the structure of the original insofar as the presentation of all the theological arguments is concerned. This structure consist of: 1. A theological question or statement. 2. Objections to the question or the statement, 3. A quotation of an opinion or a statement that contradicts the objections. 4. The answer to the question. 5. The refutation of the objections.
Unfortunately, "On Prayer and Contemplative Life" does away with St. Thomas' original structure, presumably in order to make the text more accessible. In my opinion, however, this somewhat distorts certain points and loses the full subtlety of St. Thomas' arguments. Nonetheless, this short book is a good introduction to the "Angelic Doctor's" thoughts and writings, and can be a great resource for anyone who is interested in building stronger foundation for their spirituality.
This short book presents excerpts from St. Thomas' magnum opus "Summa Theologica." "Summa" is one of the most comprehensive and far-reaching books of theology ever written, but its sheer size makes it inaccessible to all but the most dedicated readers. Over the centuries there have been attempts to write a shorter compendium of the most important passages of the "Summa," and even St. Thomas himself wrote one of these "summa of the Summa." Most of these compendiums retained the structure of the original insofar as the presentation of all the theological arguments is concerned. This structure consist of: 1. A theological question or statement. 2. Objections to the question or the statement, 3. A quotation of an opinion or a statement that contradicts the objections. 4. The answer to the question. 5. The refutation of the objections.
Unfortunately, "On Prayer and Contemplative Life" does away with St. Thomas' original structure, presumably in order to make the text more accessible. In my opinion, however, this somewhat distorts certain points and loses the full subtlety of St. Thomas' arguments. Nonetheless, this short book is a good introduction to the "Angelic Doctor's" thoughts and writings, and can be a great resource for anyone who is interested in building stronger foundation for their spirituality.
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Good Intro to One of the Greatest Thinker of All Time
6. Juli 2011
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I did't know much about St.Thomas before downloading this book. I found it to be very interesting and thoughtful, although it can be difficult to grasp at times.
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Good Intro to Thomas
23. April 2012
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This book provides a good introduction into Thomistic thought on various topics and into his method of reasoning. The excerpts presented have logic that isn't too complex, so it is very readable. His explanations & his quotes of many early saints are very interesting on many topics (e.g. prayer, intercession of saints). In some parts, the book can get a bit tedious when Thomas goes into much detail dissecting topics using 13th century categories of thought that are foreign to most of us (e.g. "Is the Act of Contemplation rightly distinguished according to the three kinds of motion: Circular, Direct and Oblique?"). But his explanations on prayer make the book well worthwhile.
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