Summa Theologica

Summa Theologica

by St. Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica

Summa Theologica

by St. Thomas Aquinas

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Overview

In one volume-a new translation of St. Thomas Aquinas's masterwork, in refreshingly non-technical modern English with modern chapter and paragraph format.

Now, for the first time, the whole of Thomas's work is available in a concisely distilled translation, a form that will appeal both to professional students of theology and to interested general readers.

"A remarkable achievement characterized by three qualities: concision (The Summa is here reduced to about one-sixth of its original length), the avoidance as far as possible of technical language, and modern format (chapters and sections in place of the cumbersome and space-consuming quaestio format actually used by Aquinas)....McDermott, fortunately, has the gift of language; his translation, an uncanny combination of innovative felicitousness and of accuracy, will make even Thomistic oldtimers read the Summa in a fresh and creative way.... This is an excellent and outstanding piece of work, greatly and wholeheartedly recommended as the best way in English to begin and maintain an interest in and respect for the mature thought of Thomas Aquinas" (Adris Newsletter, Fordham University).


Product Details

BN ID: 2940000739334
Publisher: B&R Samizdat Express
Publication date: 09/01/2009
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 348,370
File size: 14 MB
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About the Author

Philosopher and theologian St. Thomas Aquinas was born circa 1225 in Roccasecca, Italy. Combining the theological principles of faith with the philosophical principles of reason, he ranked among the most influential thinkers of medieval Scholasticism. An authority of the Roman Catholic Church and a prolific writer, Aquinas died on March 7, 1274, at the Cistercian monastery of Fossanova, near Terracina, Latium, Papal States, Italy.
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