• Abbreviations


• List of Contributors


• Introduction, Brian Davies and Eleonore Stump


• Part I - Historical Background


• 1. Life and Works, Jean-Pierre Torrell, O.P.


• 2. Aquinas and Aristotle, James Doig


• 3. Augustine to Aquinas (Latin-Christian Authors), Alexander Fidora


• 4. Aquinas, Plato, and Neo-Platonism, Wayne J. Hankey


• 5. Aquinas and Jewish and Islamic Authors, David B. Burrell, C.S.C.


• Part II - Metaphysics and the Existence of God


• 6. Being, John F. Wippel


• 7. Matter, Form, and Individuation, Jeffrey E. Brower


• 8. Causation, Michael Rota


• 9. The Five Ways, Timothy Pawl


• Part III - The Divine Nature


• 10. God's Simplicity, Eleonore Stump


• 11. God's Goodness, Ludger Honnefelder


• 12. God's Knowledge and Will, James Brent, O.P.


• 13. God's Impassibility, Immutability, and Eternality, Brian Leftow


• 14. God's Omnipotence, Brian Leftow


• Part IV - Ethics and Action Theory


• 15. Human Freedom and Agency, Thomas Williams


• 16. Emotions, Peter King


• 17. Happiness, Brian Davies


• 18. Law and Natural Law, Michael Baur


• 19. Conscience and Synderesis, Tobias Hoffman


• 20. Virtues and Vices, Jean Porter


• 21. Practical Reasoning, Thomas M. Osborne, Jr.


• 22. The Theological Virtues, Joseph Wawrykow


• Part V - Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind


• 23. Human Knowledge, Martin Pickavé


• 24. Intellectual Virtues, Tobias Hoffman


• 25. The Relation of Reason to Faith, Bruno Niederbacher, S.J.


• 26. Philosophy of Mind and Human Nature, Robert Pasnau


• Part VI - Theory of Language


• 27. Theory of Language, Gyula Klima


• 28. The Limits of Language and the Notion of Analogy, Brian Davies


• Part VII - Philosophical Theology


• 29. Providence and the Problem of Evil, Eleonore Stump


• 30. The Trinity, Gilles Emery


• 31. Incarnation, Michael Gorman


• 32. The Saving Work of Christ, Rik Van Nieuwenhove


• 33. Sacraments, Dominic Holtz, O.P.


• 34. Resurrection and the Separated Soul, Eleonore Stump


• 35. Prayer, Brian Davies


• 36. The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit, Andrew Pinsent


• Part VIII - Aquinas's Intellectual Progress and the Influence of his Thinking


• 37. The Development of Aquinas's Thought, Giorgio Pini


• 38. The Influence of Aquinas, Christopher Upham


• Chronological List of Aquinas's Writings


• Editions and Translations


• Bibliography


• Index

Brian Davies is Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University.
Eleonore Stump is Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University.

This volume presents an introduction to Aquinas and a guide to his thinking on almost all the major topics on which he wrote. The book begins with an account of Aquinas's life and the historical context of his thought. The subsequent sections address topics that Aquinas himself discussed.