Summa Contra Gentiles, First Book On God, Thomas Aquinas Audiobooks in 8 CDs

Description: These CDs will play in any CD player at home or in your car. Summa Contra Gentiles, First Book On God Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274) Translated by The Fathers of the English Dominican Province The Summa Contra Gentiles was composed by Thomas Aquinas between 1259 and 1265, in four books broadly covering teachings on God, on Creation, on Providence, and on tenets specific to Christianity. This Summa is not to be confused with his final Summa, the Summa Theologiae. The latter is specifically "theological" and directed to a Christian audience (hence Summa "Theologica"), whereas the former, as the "Contra Gentiles" indicates, is directed toward "non-Christian" thinkers. Implicitly a defence of the Catholic Christian faith, the first three books constitute a sort of rational apology of Christian thought, where philosophical arguments are deployed to defend Christian beliefs and usually only evoke Scripture in a latter instance to show its concordance with these largely-rational conclusions; the fourth book, however, is theological in character given that its content deals primarily with topics derived from Christian revelation. Although Thomas Aquinas certainly aims to discredit pagan, Jewish, Muslim or Christian-"heretical" positions incompatible with the Catholic Christian religion in this work, at the same time he incorporates whatever is salvageable from their thought, thus often quoting in his favor the very authors he discredits on other positions: therefore the "Contra Gentiles" of this Summa is not to be understood as an outright rejection of non-Christian thought, but rather as a sort of "rational purification" unto its Catholic assimilation, in disposing open minds to revealed Christian truths. Read by M.S.C. Lambert, LC Run Time 9 Hours 28 Minutes in 8 Audio CDs Chapters: I. IN WHAT CONSISTS THE OFFICE OF A WISE MAN (preceded by Translator's Preface) II. THE AUTHOR'S INTENTION IN THIS WORK III. IN WHAT WAY IT IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE KNOWN THE DIVINE TRUTH IV. THAT THE TRUTH ABOUT DIVINE THINGS WHICH IS ATTAINABLE BY REASON IS FITTINGLY PROPOSED TO... V. THAT THOSE THINGS WHICH CANNOT BE INVESTIGATED REASON ARE FITTINGLY PROPOSED TO MAN AS AN... VI. THAT IT IS NOT A MARK OF LEVITY TO ASSENT TO THE THINGS THAT ARE OF FAITH, ALTHOUGH THEY... VII. THAT THE TRUTH OF REASON IS NOT IN OPPOSITION TO THE TRUTH OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH VIII. IN WHAT RELATION HUMAN REASON STANDS TO THE TRUTH OF FAITH IX. OF THE ORDER AND MODE OF PROCEDURE IN THIS WORK X. OF THE OPINION OF THOSE WHO AVER THAT IT CANNOT BE DEMONSTRATED THAT THERE IS A GOD, SINCE... XI. REFUTATION OF THE FOREGOING OPINION AND SOLUTION OF THE AFORESAID ARGUMENTS XII. OF THE OPINION OF THOSE WHO SAY THAT THE EXISTENCE OF GOD CANNOT BE PROVED, AND THAT IT... XIII. ARGUMENTS IN PROOF OF GOD'S EXISTENCE XIV. THAT IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD IT IS NECESSARY TO PROCEED BY THE WAY OF... XV. THAT GOD IS ETERNAL XVI. THAT IN GOD THERE IS NO PASSIVE POTENTIALITY XVII. THAT IN GOD THERE IS NO MATTER XVIII. THAT IN GOD THERE IS NO COMPOSITION XIX. THAT IN GOD THERE IS NOTHING VIOLENT OR BESIDE NATURE XX. THAT GOD IS NOT A BODY XXI. THAT GOD IS HIS OWN ESSENCE XXII. THAT IN GOD EXISTENCE AND ESSENCE ARE THE SAME XXIII. THAT THERE IS NO ACCIDENT IN GOD XXIV. THAT THE DIVINE BEING CANNOT BE SPECIFIED BY THE ADDITION OF ANY SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE XXV. THAT GOD IS NOT IN ANY GENUS XXVI. THAT GOD IS NOT THE FORMAL BEING OF ALL THINGS XXVII. THAT GOD IS NOT THE FORM OF A BODY XXVIII. OF THE DIVINE PERFECTION XXIX. OF THE LIKENESS OF CREATURES XXX. WHAT TERMS CAN BE PREDICATED OF GOD XXXI. THAT THE DIVINE PERFECTION AND THE PLURALITY OF DIVINE NAMES ARE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH... XXXII. THAT NOTHING IS PREDICATED UNIVOCALLY OF GOD AND OTHER THINGS XXXIII. THAT NOT ALL TERMS APPLIED TO GOD AND CREATURES ARE PURELY EQUIVOCAL XXXIV. THAT TERMS APPLIED TO GOD AND CREATURES ARE EMPLOYED ANALOGICALLY XXXV. THAT THE SEVERAL NAMES PREDICATED OF GOD ARE NOT SYNONYMOUS XXXVI. HOW OUR INTELLECT FORMS A PROPOSITION ABOUT GOD XXXVII. THAT GOD IS GOOD XXXVIII. THAT GOD IS GOODNESS ITSELF XXXIX. THAT NO EVIL CAN BE IN GOD XL. THAT GOD IS THE GOOD OF EVERY GOOD XLI. THAT GOD IS THE SOVEREIGN GOOD XLII. THAT GOD IS ONE XLIII. THAT GOD IS INFINITE XLIV. THAT GOD IS AN INTELLIGENT BEING XLV. THAT GOD'S ACT OF INTELLIGENCE IS HIS ESSENCE XLVI. THAT GOD UNDERSTANDS BY NOTHING ELSE THAN HIS ESSENCE XLVII. THAT GOD UNDERSTANDS HIMSELF PERFECTLY XLVIII. THAT GOD KNOWS ONLY HIMSELF FIRST AND PER SE XLIX. THAT GOD KNOWS THINGS OTHER THAN HIMSELF L. THAT GOD HAS PROPER KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THINGS LI. REASONS FOR INQUIRING HOW THERE IS A MULTITUDE OF THINGS UNDERSTOOD IN THE DIVINE... LII. REASONS FOR INQUIRING HOW THERE IS A MULTITUDE OF THINGS UNDERSTOOD IN THE DIVINE... LIII. SOLUTION OF THE FOREGOING DOUBT LIV. HOW THE DIVINE ESSENCE, THOUGH ONE AND SIMPLE, IS A PROPER LIKENESS OF ALL THINGS... LV. THAT GOD UNDERSTANDS ALL THINGS AT THE SAME INSTANT LVI. THAT GOD'S KNOWLEDGE IS NOT A HABIT LVII. THAT GOD'S KNOWLEDGE IS NOT DISCURSIVE LVIII. THAT GOD DOES NOT UNDERSTAND BY COMPOSITION AND DIVISION LIX. THAT GOD IS NOT IGNORANT OF THE TRUTH OF ENUNCIATIONS LX. THAT GOD IS TRUTH LXI. THAT GOD IS THE MOST PURE TRUTH LXII. THAT THE DIVINE TRUTH IS THE FIRST AND SUPREME TRUTH LXIII. THE ARGUMENTS OF THOSE WHO WOULD DENY TO GOD THE KNOWLEDGE OF SINGULARS LXIV. ORDER OF THE THINGS TO BE SAID ABOUT THE DIVINE KNOWLEDGE LXV. THAT GOD KNOWS SINGULARS LXVI. THAT GOD KNOWS THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT LXVII. THAT GOD KNOWS FUTURE CONTINGENT SINGULARS LXVIII. THAT GOD KNOWS THE MOVEMENTS OF THE WILL LXIX. THAT GOD KNOWS INFINITE THINGS LXX. THAT GOD KNOWS TRIVIAL THINGS LXXI. THAT GOD KNOWS EVIL THINGS LXXII. THAT IN GOD THERE IS WILL LXXIII. THAT GOD'S WILL IS HIS ESSENCE LXXIV. THAT THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF GOD'S WILL IS THE DIVINE ESSENCE LXXV. THAT GOD IN WILLING HIMSELF WILLS ALSO OTHER THINGS LXXVI. THAT GOD, BY THE ONE ACT OF HIS WILL, WILLS HIMSELF AND OTHER THINGS LXXVII. THAT THE MULTITUDE OF THINGS WILLED IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE DIVINE SIMPLICITY LXXVIII. THAT THE DIVINE WILL EXTENDS TO PARTICULAR GOODS LXXIX. THAT GOD WILLS EVEN THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT YET LXXX. THAT GOD NECESSARILY WILLS HIS BEING AND HIS GOODNESS LXXXI. THAT GOD DOES NOT NECESSARILY WILL OTHER THINGS THAN HIMSELF LXXXII. OBJECTIONS AGAINST THE STATEMENT THAT GOD WILLS NOT OF NECESSITY THINGS OTHER THAN... LXXXIII. THAT GOD WILLS SOMETHING OTHER THAN HIMSELF BY A NECESSITY OF SUPPOSITION LXXXIV. THAT GOD'S WILL IS NOT OF THINGS IMPOSSIBLE IN THEMSELVES LXXXV. THAT THE DIVINE WILL DOES NOT REMOVE CONTINGENCY FROM THINGS, NOR IMPOSE ABSOLUTE... LXXXVI. THAT A REASON OF THE DIVINE WILL CAN BE ASSIGNED LXXXVII. THAT NOTHING CAN BE THE CAUSE OF THE DIVINE WILL LXXXVIII. THAT IN GOD THERE IS FREEWILL LXXXIX. THAT THE PASSIONS OF THE APPETITE ARE NOT IN GOD XC. THAT IN GOD ARE DELIGHT AND JOY, NOR ARE THEY INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE DIVINE PERFECTION XCI. THAT IN GOD THERE IS LOVE XCII. HOW VIRTUES ARE TO BE ASCRIBED TO GOD XCIII. THAT IN GOD THERE ARE THE MORAL VIRTUES WHICH ARE ABOUT ACTIONS XCIV. THAT THE CONTEMPLATIVE VIRTUES ARE IN GOD XCV. THAT GOD CANNOT WILL EVIL XCVI. THAT GOD HATES NOTHING, NOR CAN THE HATRED OF ANYTHING BE ASCRIBED TO HIM XCVII. THAT GOD IS A LIVING BEING XCVIII. THAT GOD IS HIS OWN LIFE XCIX. THAT GOD'S LIFE IS ETERNAL C. THAT GOD IS HAPPY CI. THAT GOD IS HIS OWN HAPPINESS CII. THAT GOD'S HAPPINESS IS PERFECT AND SINGULAR, SURPASSING ALL OTHER HAPPINESS Our Audiobooks are Complete and Unabridged (unless otherwise indicated)Our Audiobooks are always read by real people, never by computers.Please Note: These recorded readings are from the author's original works which are in the public domain. All recordings and artwork are in the public domain and there are no infringements or copyrights. 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