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Thomas Aquinas's Summa contra gentiles : a guide and commentary / Brian Davies.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.Description: xviii, 485 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780190456542
  • 9780190456535
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • BQ 6862.D38 2016
Contents:
The Summa contra Gentiles and its context -- Approaching the question of God's existence (SCG, 1,10-12) -- Arguing for God's existence (SCG, 1,13) -- God as eternal and simple (SCG, 1,14-27) -- Talking about God (SCG, 1,28-36) -- Goodness, oneness and infinity (SCG, 1,37-43) -- God's knowledge (SCG, 1,44-71) -- God's will, life, and blessedness (SCG, 1,72-102) -- God as omnipotent creator (SCG, 2,1-29) -- Necessity in creatures, the eternity of the world, and distinctions among creatures (SCG, 2,30-45) -- Intellectual creatures (SCG, 2,46-101) -- Agents, ends, evil, and good (SCG, 3,1-15) -- The end of all things and of people in particular (SCG, 3,16-63) -- Providence at work (SCG, 3,64-110) -- Providence in relation to rational creatures (SCG, 3,111-163) -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (SCG, 4,2-26) -- God incarnate (SCG, 4,27-49) -- The fittingness of the incarnation, sacraments, Resurrection, and the final state of all people and of the world (SCG, 4,50-97).

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The Summa contra Gentiles and its context -- Approaching the question of God's existence (SCG, 1,10-12) -- Arguing for God's existence (SCG, 1,13) -- God as eternal and simple (SCG, 1,14-27) -- Talking about God (SCG, 1,28-36) -- Goodness, oneness and infinity (SCG, 1,37-43) -- God's knowledge (SCG, 1,44-71) -- God's will, life, and blessedness (SCG, 1,72-102) -- God as omnipotent creator (SCG, 2,1-29) -- Necessity in creatures, the eternity of the world, and distinctions among creatures (SCG, 2,30-45) -- Intellectual creatures (SCG, 2,46-101) -- Agents, ends, evil, and good (SCG, 3,1-15) -- The end of all things and of people in particular (SCG, 3,16-63) -- Providence at work (SCG, 3,64-110) -- Providence in relation to rational creatures (SCG, 3,111-163) -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (SCG, 4,2-26) -- God incarnate (SCG, 4,27-49) -- The fittingness of the incarnation, sacraments, Resurrection, and the final state of all people and of the world (SCG, 4,50-97).