Thomas Aquinas Study Circle

"It is because the contemporary alternatives seem so one-sided and are not more evidently solutions to the problems which Thomas faced, and partly solved, that we return to him and to the tradition of theology and philosophy in which his Summa Theologiae appears: theology as the science of the first principle and this as the total knowledge of reality in its unity." -- Wayne J. Hankey, God in Himself (Oxford University Press, 1987), p.159.

Monday, November 30, 2009

1a 2ae q8 a1: Whether the will is of good only? Yes.

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Omnis inclinatio est in bonum quia omnis res, inquantum est ens et substantia, est quoddam bonum. Every inclination is to something good b...

1a 2ae q8: The will, in regard to what it wills

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Is the will of good only? Is it of the end only, or also of the means? If in any way it be of the means, is it moved to the end and to ...
Sunday, November 29, 2009

1a 2ae q7 a4: Whether the most important circumstances are "why" and "in what the act consists"? Yes.

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Principalissimae circumstantiae sunt cuius gratia agitur, et quid est quod agitur , quia actus proprie dicuntur humani, prout sunt voluntari...
Saturday, November 28, 2009

1a 2ae q7 a3: Whether the circumstances are properly set forth in the third book of Ethics? Yes.

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Circumstantia dicitur quod, extra substantiam actus existens, aliquo modo attingit ipsum , quia considerandum est in actibus quis fecit, qu...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

1a 2ae q7 a2: Whether theologians should take note of the circumstances of human acts? Yes.

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Consideratio circumstantiarum pertinet ad theologum quia theologus considerat actus humanos secundum quod sunt meritorii vel demeritorii, q...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

1a 2ae q7 a1: Whether a circumstance is an accident of a human act? Yes.

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Circumstantiae actuum humanorum accidentia eorum dicenda sunt quia quod est extra substantiam rei ad rem ipsam pertinens, accidens eius dic...

1a 2ae q7: The circumstances of human acts

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What is a circumstance? Should a theologian take note of the circumstances of human acts? How many circumstances are there? Which are...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

1a 2ae q6 a8: Whether ignorance causes involuntariness? Yes.

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Ignorantia habet causare involuntarium ea ratione qua privat cognitionem , quae praeexigitur ad voluntarium, ut supra dictum est, quia non q...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

1a 2ae q6 a7: Whether concupiscence causes involuntariness? No.

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Concupiscentia non causat involuntarium, sed magis facit aliquid voluntarium , quia dicitur aliquid voluntarium ex eo quod voluntas in id fe...
Sunday, November 08, 2009

1a 2ae q6 a6: Whether fear causes involuntariness simply? No.

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Sic autem hoc quod fit per metum, est voluntarium, inquantum scilicet est hic et nunc, prout scilicet in hoc casu est impedimentum maioris m...
Thursday, November 05, 2009

1a 2ae q6 a5: Whether violence causes involuntariness? Yes.

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Violentia directe opponitur voluntario, sicut etiam et naturali , quia commune est voluntario et naturali quod utrumque sit a principio intr...
Monday, November 02, 2009

1a 2ae q6 a4: Whether violence can be done to the will? No.

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Voluntas non potest cogi ad agendum quia actus voluntatis nihil est aliud quam inclinatio quaedam procedens ab interiori principio cognosce...
Sunday, November 01, 2009

1a 2ae q6 a3: Whether there can be voluntariness without any act? Yes.

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Sicut agere et velle est voluntarium, ita et non agere et non velle , quia voluntas, volendo et agendo, potest impedire hoc quod est non vel...
Saturday, October 31, 2009

1a 2ae q6 a2: Whether there is anything voluntary in irrational animals? Yes.

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Soli rationali naturae competit voluntarium secundum rationem perfectam, sed secundum rationem imperfectam, competit etiam brutis animalibus...
Friday, October 30, 2009

1a 2ae q6 a1: Whether there is anything voluntary in human acts? Yes.

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Oportet in actibus humanis voluntarium esse quia quodcumque agit vel movetur a principio intrinseco, quod habet aliquam notitiam finis, hab...

1a 2ae q6: The voluntary and the involuntary

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Is there anything voluntary in human acts? In irrational animals? Can there be voluntariness without any action? Can violence be done...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

1a 2ae q5 a8: Whether every man desires happiness? Yes.

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Quilibet vult esse beatus quia appetere beatitudinem nihil aliud est quam appetere ut voluntas satietur. Everyone desires to be happy beca...

1a 2ae q5 a7: Whether any good works are necessary that man may receive happiness from God? Yes.

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Per actionem ad beatitudinem pervenitur quia operatio hominis non praeexigitur ad consecutionem beatitudinis propter insufficientiam divina...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

1a 2ae q5 a6: Whether man attains happiness through the action of some higher creature? No.

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Non per actionem superioris creaturae, scilicet Angeli, in hominem, homo beatus efficitur , quia beatitudo est quoddam bonum excedens natura...
Monday, October 12, 2009

1a 2ae q5 a5: Whether man can attain happiness by his natural powers? No.

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Homo per sua naturalia non potest beatitudinem consequi , quia homo est principium naturaliter actuum suorum per intellectum et voluntatem, ...
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