Audiobook: Summa Contra Gentiles, First Book (On God) Summa Contra Gentiles, First Book (On God)
1 - I. IN WHAT CONSISTS THE OFFICE OF A WISE MAN (preceded by Translator's Preface)
1. I. IN WHAT CONSISTS THE OFFICE OF A WISE MAN (preceded by Translator's Preface) 2. II. THE AUTHOR'S INTENTION IN THIS WORK 3. III. IN WHAT WAY IT IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE KNOWN THE DIVINE TRUTH 4. IV. THAT THE TRUTH ABOUT DIVINE THINGS WHICH IS ATTAINABLE BY REASON IS FITTINGLY PROPOSED TO MAN AS AN OBJECT OF BELIEF 5. V. THAT THOSE THINGS WHICH CANNOT BE INVESTIGATED REASON ARE FITTINGLY PROPOSED TO MAN AS AN OBJECT OF FAITH 6. VI. THAT IT IS NOT A MARK OF LEVITY TO ASSENT TO THE THINGS THAT ARE OF FAITH, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE ABOVE REASON 7. VII. THAT THE TRUTH OF REASON IS NOT IN OPPOSITION TO THE TRUTH OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH 8. VIII. IN WHAT RELATION HUMAN REASON STANDS TO THE TRUTH OF FAITH 9. IX. OF THE ORDER AND MODE OF PROCEDURE IN THIS WORK 10. X. OF THE OPINION OF THOSE WHO AVER THAT IT CANNOT BE DEMONSTRATED THAT THERE IS A GOD, SINCE THIS IS SELF-EVIDENT 11. XI. REFUTATION OF THE FOREGOING OPINION AND SOLUTION OF THE AFORESAID ARGUMENTS 12. XII. OF THE OPINION OF THOSE WHO SAY THAT THE EXISTENCE OF GOD CANNOT BE PROVED, AND THAT IT IS HELD BY FAITH ALONE 13. XIII. ARGUMENTS IN PROOF OF GOD'S EXISTENCE 14. XIV. THAT IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD IT IS NECESSARY TO PROCEED BY THE WAY OF REMOTION 15. XV. THAT GOD IS ETERNAL 16. XVI. THAT IN GOD THERE IS NO PASSIVE POTENTIALITY 17. XVII. THAT IN GOD THERE IS NO MATTER 18. XVIII. THAT IN GOD THERE IS NO COMPOSITION 19. XIX. THAT IN GOD THERE IS NOTHING VIOLENT OR BESIDE NATURE 20. XX. THAT GOD IS NOT A BODY 21. XXI. THAT GOD IS HIS OWN ESSENCE 22. XXII. THAT IN GOD EXISTENCE AND ESSENCE ARE THE SAME 23. XXIII. THAT THERE IS NO ACCIDENT IN GOD 24. XXIV. THAT THE DIVINE BEING CANNOT BE SPECIFIED BY THE ADDITION OF ANY SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE 25. XXV. THAT GOD IS NOT IN ANY GENUS 26. XXVI. THAT GOD IS NOT THE FORMAL BEING OF ALL THINGS 27. XXVII. THAT GOD IS NOT THE FORM OF A BODY 28. XXVIII. OF THE DIVINE PERFECTION 29. XXIX. OF THE LIKENESS OF CREATURES 30. XXX. WHAT TERMS CAN BE PREDICATED OF GOD 31. XXXI. THAT THE DIVINE PERFECTION AND THE PLURALITY OF DIVINE NAMES ARE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE DIVINE SIMPLICITY 32. XXXII. THAT NOTHING IS PREDICATED UNIVOCALLY OF GOD AND OTHER THINGS 33. XXXIII. THAT NOT ALL TERMS APPLIED TO GOD AND CREATURES ARE PURELY EQUIVOCAL 34. XXXIV. THAT TERMS APPLIED TO GOD AND CREATURES ARE EMPLOYED ANALOGICALLY 35. XXXV. THAT THE SEVERAL NAMES PREDICATED OF GOD ARE NOT SYNONYMOUS 36. XXXVI. HOW OUR INTELLECT FORMS A PROPOSITION ABOUT GOD 37. XXXVII. THAT GOD IS GOOD 38. XXXVIII. THAT GOD IS GOODNESS ITSELF 39. XXXIX. THAT NO EVIL CAN BE IN GOD 40. XL. THAT GOD IS THE GOOD OF EVERY GOOD 41. XLI. THAT GOD IS THE SOVEREIGN GOOD 42. XLII. THAT GOD IS ONE 43. XLIII. THAT GOD IS INFINITE 44. XLIV. THAT GOD IS AN INTELLIGENT BEING 45. XLV. THAT GOD'S ACT OF INTELLIGENCE IS HIS ESSENCE 46. XLVI. THAT GOD UNDERSTANDS BY NOTHING ELSE THAN HIS ESSENCE 47. XLVII. THAT GOD UNDERSTANDS HIMSELF PERFECTLY 48. XLVIII. THAT GOD KNOWS ONLY HIMSELF FIRST AND PER SE 49. XLIX. THAT GOD KNOWS THINGS OTHER THAN HIMSELF 50. L. THAT GOD HAS PROPER KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THINGS 51. LI. REASONS FOR INQUIRING HOW THERE IS A MULTITUDE OF THINGS UNDERSTOOD IN THE DIVINE INTELLECT 52. LII. REASONS FOR INQUIRING HOW THERE IS A MULTITUDE OF THINGS UNDERSTOOD IN THE DIVINE INTELLECT 53. LIII. SOLUTION OF THE FOREGOING DOUBT 54. LIV. HOW THE DIVINE ESSENCE, THOUGH ONE AND SIMPLE, IS A PROPER LIKENESS OF ALL THINGS INTELLIGIBLE 55. LV. THAT GOD UNDERSTANDS ALL THINGS AT THE SAME INSTANT 56. LVI. THAT GOD'S KNOWLEDGE IS NOT A HABIT 57. LVII. THAT GOD'S KNOWLEDGE IS NOT DISCURSIVE 58. LVIII. THAT GOD DOES NOT UNDERSTAND BY COMPOSITION AND DIVISION 59. LIX. THAT GOD IS NOT IGNORANT OF THE TRUTH OF ENUNCIATIONS 60. LX. THAT GOD IS TRUTH 61. LXI. THAT GOD IS THE MOST PURE TRUTH 62. LXII. THAT THE DIVINE TRUTH IS THE FIRST AND SUPREME TRUTH 63. LXIII. THE ARGUMENTS OF THOSE WHO WOULD DENY TO GOD THE KNOWLEDGE OF SINGULARS 64. LXIV. ORDER OF THE THINGS TO BE SAID ABOUT THE DIVINE KNOWLEDGE 65. LXV. THAT GOD KNOWS SINGULARS 66. LXVI. THAT GOD KNOWS THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT 67. LXVII. THAT GOD KNOWS FUTURE CONTINGENT SINGULARS 68. LXVIII. THAT GOD KNOWS THE MOVEMENTS OF THE WILL 69. LXIX. THAT GOD KNOWS INFINITE THINGS 70. LXX. THAT GOD KNOWS TRIVIAL THINGS 71. LXXI. THAT GOD KNOWS EVIL THINGS 72. LXXII. THAT IN GOD THERE IS WILL 73. LXXIII. THAT GOD'S WILL IS HIS ESSENCE 74. LXXIV. THAT THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF GOD'S WILL IS THE DIVINE ESSENCE 75. LXXV. THAT GOD IN WILLING HIMSELF WILLS ALSO OTHER THINGS 76. LXXVI. THAT GOD, BY THE ONE ACT OF HIS WILL, WILLS HIMSELF AND OTHER THINGS 77. LXXVII. THAT THE MULTITUDE OF THINGS WILLED IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE DIVINE SIMPLICITY 78. LXXVIII. THAT THE DIVINE WILL EXTENDS TO PARTICULAR GOODS 79. LXXIX. THAT GOD WILLS EVEN THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT YET 80. LXXX. THAT GOD NECESSARILY WILLS HIS BEING AND HIS GOODNESS 81. LXXXI. THAT GOD DOES NOT NECESSARILY WILL OTHER THINGS THAN HIMSELF 82. LXXXII. OBJECTIONS AGAINST THE STATEMENT THAT GOD WILLS NOT OF NECESSITY THINGS OTHER THAN HIMSELF, IN THAT IT INVOLVES IMPOSSIBILITIES 83. LXXXIII. THAT GOD WILLS SOMETHING OTHER THAN HIMSELF BY A NECESSITY OF SUPPOSITION 84. LXXXIV. THAT GOD'S WILL IS NOT OF THINGS IMPOSSIBLE IN THEMSELVES 85. LXXXV. THAT THE DIVINE WILL DOES NOT REMOVE CONTINGENCY FROM THINGS, NOR IMPOSE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY ON THEM 86. LXXXVI. THAT A REASON OF THE DIVINE WILL CAN BE ASSIGNED 87. LXXXVII. THAT NOTHING CAN BE THE CAUSE OF THE DIVINE WILL 88. LXXXVIII. THAT IN GOD THERE IS FREE-WILL 89. LXXXIX. THAT THE PASSIONS OF THE APPETITE ARE NOT IN GOD 90. XC. THAT IN GOD ARE DELIGHT AND JOY, NOR ARE THEY INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE DIVINE PERFECTION 91. XCI. THAT IN GOD THERE IS LOVE 92. XCII. HOW VIRTUES ARE TO BE ASCRIBED TO GOD 93. XCIII. THAT IN GOD THERE ARE THE MORAL VIRTUES WHICH ARE ABOUT ACTIONS 94. XCIV. THAT THE CONTEMPLATIVE VIRTUES ARE IN GOD 95. XCV. THAT GOD CANNOT WILL EVIL 96. XCVI. THAT GOD HATES NOTHING, NOR CAN THE HATRED OF ANYTHING BE ASCRIBED TO HIM 97. XCVII. THAT GOD IS A LIVING BEING 98. XCVIII. THAT GOD IS HIS OWN LIFE 99. XCIX. THAT GOD'S LIFE IS ETERNAL 100. C. THAT GOD IS HAPPY 101. CI. THAT GOD IS HIS OWN HAPPINESS 102. CII. THAT GOD'S HAPPINESS IS PERFECT AND SINGULAR, SURPASSING ALL OTHER HAPPINESS
Audiobooks Genres Author Description The Summa Contra Gentiles was composed by Thomas Aquinas between 1259 and 1265, in four books broadly covering teachings on God, on Creation, on Providence, and on tenets specific to Christianity. This Summa is not to be confused with his final Summa, the Summa Theologiae. The latter is specifically "theological" and directed to a Christian audience (hence Summa "Theologica"), whereas the former, as the "Contra Gentiles" indicates, is directed toward "non-Christian" thinkers. Implicitly a defence of the Catholic Christian faith, the first three books constitute a sort of rational apology of Christian thought, where philosophical arguments are deployed to defend Christian beliefs and usually only evoke Scripture in a latter instance to show its concordance with these largely-rational conclusions; the fourth book, however, is theological in character given that its content deals primarily with topics derived from Christian revelation. Although Thomas Aquinas certainly aims to discredit pagan, Jewish, Muslim or Christian-"heretical" positions incompatible with the Catholic Christian religion in this work, at the same time he incorporates whatever is salvageable from their thought, thus often quoting in his favor the very authors he discredits on other positions: therefore the "Contra Gentiles" of this Summa is not to be understood as an outright rejection of non-Christian thought, but rather as a sort of "rational purification" unto its Catholic assimilation, in disposing open minds to revealed Christian truths. (Summary by M.S.C. Lambert, LC)
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