Political writings
Thomas, R. W. Dyson (Editor, Translator)
"St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) is a massively influential figure in the history of western thought and of the Catholic Church. In this major addition to the Cambridge Texts series R.W. Dyson (whose modern rendition of Augustine's City of God has already been widely acclaimed) has chosen texts by Aquinas that show his development of a Christian version of the philosophy of Aristotle, its contrast with the Augustinian thought that had coloured so much political thinking in the previous eight centuries, and St. Thomas's views as to the purpose of government, constitutions, and the relations between secular and ecclesiastical power. Property, slavery and usury are fully covered, as are St. Thomas's celebrated and influential writings on law. The translations are extremely accessible and the whole is supported by all of the usual series features designed to assist the reader, including brief biographies, notes for further reading and a concise critical introduction."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2002
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2002
Early works
xli, 312 pages ; 23 cm
9780521375696, 9780521375955, 052137569X, 0521375959
49493457
Preface
Introduction
A brief chronology of St. Thomas's life
1. Government and politics. (a) Summa theologiae [Summa theologica] Ia 96 : concerning the dominion which belonged to man in the state of innocence ; (b) The treatise 'De regimine principum' or 'De regno' ; (c) Summa theologiae IaIIae 105:1 : concerning the reason for judicial precepts [of the Old Testament]
2. Obedience. (a) Summa theologiae IIaIIae 104 : on obedience ; (b) Scripta super libros sententiarum II, Dist. 44, quaest. 2
3. Law. (a) Summa theologiae IaIIae 90 : the essence of law ; (b) Summa theologiae IaIIae 91 : the various kinds of law ; (c) Summa theologiae IaIIae 92 : the effects of law ; (d) Summa theologiae IaIIae 93 : the eternal law ; (e) Summa theologiae IaIIae 94 : the natural law ; (f) Summa theologiae IaIIae 95 : human law considered in itself ; (g) Summa theologiae IaIIae 96 : of the power of human law ; (h) Summa theologiae IaIIae 97 : of change in the laws
4. Right, justice and judgment. (a) Summa theologiae IIaIIae 57 : on right ; (b) Summa theologiae IIaIIae 58 : on justice ; (c) Summa theologiae IIaIIae 60 : on judgment
5. Property relations. (a) Summa theologiae IIaIIae 66 : on theft and robbery ; (b) Summa theologiae IIaIIae 78 : on the sin of usury ; (c) The letter to the Duchess of Brabant 'On the government of Jews'
6. War, sedition and killing. (a) Summa theologiae IIaIIae 40 : on war ; (b) Summa theologiae IIaIIae 42 : on sedition ; (c) Summa theologiae IIaIIae 64 : on homicide
7. Religion and politics. (a) Summa theologiae IIaIIae 10 : on relations with unbelievers ; (b) Summa theologiae IIaIIae 11 : on heresy ; (c) Summa theologiae IIaIIae 12 : on Apostasy ; (d) Scripta super libros sententiarum 11, Dist. 44, quaest. 3
Bibliographical glossary
Translated from Latin