The Philosophy of Aquinas

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Life and work ...1 Early years........2 A young scholar........4 Master of Theology......8 Back to Italy..........11 A second term in Paris .........17 Breakdown ...........21 2. Aquinas`s explanatory framework: The four causes ..26 Introducing the four Causes .......26 The four causes developed and Articulated ...........47 Aquinas`s Metaphysical Framework: Being and Essence ..........62 God`s Existence and Nature ....100 Our knowledge of God ..........100 Phase one: God`s Existence ............104 Phase 2. God`s Nature .........119 Understanding god`s Attributes: Analogical prediction ..........137 5. The order of the Universe ........150 God`s Power .....150 The created order ..........169 Providence .........176 6. The human Soul and the human Body......190 the special status of human beings........190 Soul as a principle of life .......191 Souls and bodies : Hylomorphism ..........194 Against reductive materialism ..........197 Against platonism ............202 A difficult intermediary ........205 Soul as subsistent ........206 Where in the Body is the Soul ?...........210 7. Sense and intellect ...........217 The nature of Cognition ........217 The cognitive powers .....220 Cognitive functions ..........229 8. The goal of Human Life ...........244 That there is a human end ..........244 Happiness ..........246 What happiness is not ...........252 what happiness is ..............255 The beatific Vision ..........260 9. Ethics .......268 Natural Law ...........270 Virtue ...........284