CHRONOLOGY OF AQUINAS' LIFE AND WRITINGS

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1 CHRONOLOGY OF AQUINAS' LIFE AND WRITINGS 1225 Born at Roccasecca near Aquino, Italy Schooled as an oblate at Monte Cassino Abbey Attended University of Naples Became Dominican despite family hostility Studied at Paris under Albertus Magnus Studied at Cologne under Albertus Magnus Returned to Paris. Lectured on Scripture Licentiate in Theology. Lectured on Sentences and wrote commentary on them. About this time wrote De Ente et Essentia Became Professor of Theology at Paris. About this time wrote De Veritate, In Librum Boethii de Trinitate, and began Summa contra Gentiles Went to Anagni. Continued S.c.G. About this time wrote Q.D. de Potentia Went to Orvieto. Completed S.c.G Went to Rome. Began writing commentaries on Aristotle Went to Viterbo. About this time began writing Summa Theologiae. Wrote Q.D. de Spiritualibus Creaturis. 126g Returned to Paris. Continued writing S.Th. About this time wrote QQ.DD. de Malo, de Anima; de Aeternitate Mundi, de Unitate In 'tellectus, de Substantiis Separatis Went to Naples Suspended work on the Summa after a mystical experience Died while journeying to the Council of Lyons.

2 BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Works of Aquinas and English Translations Summa Theologiae (Summa Theologica). The most accessible Latin edition is the Marietti one (Turin, 1934 etc.) (The Leonine edition of St. Thomas' works [Rome, 1882-] is standard, incomplete, and inconvenient.) There is a complete translation by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province (2nd rev. ed. London 1920; reissued in 3 vols. New York, 1947) and a new translation iri sixty volumes, begun in 1964 and shortly to be completed, published by BIackfriars in conjunction with Eyre and Spottiswoode (London) and McGraw-HilI (New York), each volume of which contains an introduction, the relevant Latin text with English translation, notes, explanatory appendices, a glossary and indices, under the general editorship of Thomas Gilby and T. C. O'Brien. References are often made to the Summa without title, or after the abbreviation S.Th., by citing the Part, question, article (reply); thus: "Ia IIae, (q.) 3, (art.) 2, (ad. 2)" means: the reply to the second objection in the second article of the third question of the First Part of the Second Part. Summa contra Gentiles, Turin and Rome, Translated by A. C. Pegis and others as On the Truth of t e Catholic Faith, New York, It is cited as S.c.G. or CG by giving book and chapter number: e.g., CG I, 30. Scriptum in N Libros Sententiarum (Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard), ed. P. Mandonnet and M. F. Moos, 4 vols., Paris, No English version. Reference is made to it by citing the book, distinction, question, article, splution or quaestiuncula, and reply: e.g. III Sent. 25,2,3, ii ad 3.

3 A Collection of Critical Essays 385 PHILOSOpmCAL COMMENTARIES In Libros Posteriorum Analyticorum. Vol. I of the Leonine edition, Rome, Translated as Exposition of the Posterior Analytics of Aristotle, P. Conway, Quebec, In Libros de Anima, ed. R. M. Spiazzi, Turin, Translated as Aristotle's De Anima tll"ith the Commentary of St. Thomas, K. Foster and S. Humphries, London and New Haven, In Libros de Caelo et Mundo, ed. R. M. Spiazzi, Turin, No English version. In X Libros Ethicorum, ed. R. M. Spiazzi, Turin, Translated as Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics, C. I. Litzinger, Chicago, In Libros Peri Hermeneias, ed. R. M. Spiazzi, Turin, Translated as Aristotle on Interpretation-Commentary by St. Thomas and Caietan, J. Oesterle, Milwaukee, In XII Libros Metaphysicorum, ed. R. M. Spiazzi, Turin, Translated as Commentary on the Metaphysics of Aristotle, Chicago, In VIII Libros Physicorum, ed. P. Maggiolo, Turin, Translated as Commentary on Aristotle's Physics, R. L. Blackwell and others, London and New Haven, DISPUTED QUESTIONS Quaestiones Disputatae de Veritate, ed. R. M. Spiazzi, Turin, Translated as Truth, R. W. Mulligan and others, Chicago, Quaestiones Disputatae de Potentia Dei, ed. R. M. Spiazzi, Turin, Translated as On the Power of

4 386 AQUINAS: God, L. Shapcote and others, Westminster, Maryland, Quaestiones Disputatae de Spiritualibus Creaturis, ed. L. W. Keeler, Rome, Translated as On Spiritual Creatures, M. C. Fitzpatrick and J. J. Wellmuth, Milwaukee, Quaestio Disputata de Anima, ed. R. M. Spiazzi, Turin, Translated as The Soul, J. P. Rowan, St. Louis, Quaestiones Disputatae de Malo, ed. R. M. Spiazzi, Turin, Partially translated as On Free Choice, A. C. Pegis, New York, BRIEF WORKS De Ente et Essentia, ed. L. Baur, Munster, Translated as Being and Essence, A. Maurer, Toronto, 1949 In Librum Boethii de Trinitate Expositio, ed. B. Leiden, Partially translated by A. Maurer in Division and Methods of the Sciences, Toronto, De Regno, ed. J. Perrier, Paris, 1949; translated as On Kingship, C. B. Phelan and T. Eschmann, Toronto, 1949 De Unitate Intellectus, ed. L. W. Keeler. Rome, Translated as The Unicity of the Intellect, R. Brennan, St. Louis, De Substantiis Separatis, ed. F. J. Lescoe, West Hartford, Conn., Translated as Treatise on Separate Substances, F. J. Lescoe, West Hartford, Conn., De Aeternitate Mundi, ed. R. M. Spiazzi. Turin Translated as On the Eternity of the World, C. Vollert, Milwaukee, 1965.

5 A Collection of Critical Essays 387 ANTHOLOGIES Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, 2. vols., ed. A. Pegis, New York, St. Thomas Aquinas: Philosophical Texts, Selected and translated with notes and an introduction by T. Gilby, London, The Pocket Aquinas, ed. V. J. Bourke, New York, St. Thomas Aquinas, Selected Writings, ed. M. C. D'Arcy, London: Everyman's Library, Thomas Aquinas; Selected Writings, ed. Robert P. Goodwin, I n d i ~ n a1965. p o l i s, 2. Some Books about Aquinas in English Anscombe, G. E. M. and Geach, P. T. Three Philosophers, Oxford, Bourke, V. J. Aquinas' Search for Wisdom, Milwaukee, Chenu, M. D. A Guide to the Study of Thomas Aquinas, New York, Chesterton, G. K. St. Thomas Aquinas, London, Copleston; F. C. Aquinas, London, Edwards, Paul, ed., Encyclopedia of Philosophy, London and New York, 1967, article "Thomas Aquinas, St." by V. J. Bourke. Foster, K. The Life of St. Thomas Aquinas, London and Baltimore, Garrigou-Lagrange, R. Reality: A Synthesis of Thomistic Thought, St. Louis, Gilson, E. The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, New York, 1956.

6 388 AQUINAS: Grabmann, M. Thomas Aquinas, New York, Grenet, Paul. Thomism, an Introduction, New York, Henle, R. J. St. Thomas and Platonism, The Hague, Jaffa, H. V. Thomism and Aristotelianism, Chicago, Kenny, A. The Five Ways, London, Klubertanz, G. P. St. Thomas Aquinas on Analogy, Chicago, Lonergan, B. Verbum: Word and Idea in Aquinas, Notre Dame, McInerny, R. M. The Logic of Analogy, an Interpretation of St. Thomo,s, The Hague, Maritain, J. The Angelic Doctor, New York, Owens, J. St. Thomas and the Future of Metaphysics, Milwaukee, Pegis, A. C. Introduction to St. Thomas Aquinas, New York, St. Thomas and the Greeks, Milwaukee, Pieper, J. Guide to Thomas Aquinas, New York, The Silence of St. Thomas, London, Regis, L. St. Thomas and Epistemology, Milwaukee, Rousselot, P. The Intellectualism of St. Thomas, New York, Sertillanges, A. G. St. Thomas Aquinas and his Work, London, Sillem, E. Ways of Thinking about God, London, 1961.

7 A Collection of Critical Essays 389 Weinberg, Julius R. A Short History of Medieval Philosophy, Princeton, Periodicals A list of articles about Aquinas in English alone would be enormously long. The following periodicals are specially devoted to the publication of articles about Aquinas and scholasticism. Mediaeval Studies. Toronto. Modem Schoolman. St. Louis. New Scholasticism. Washington. Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Washington. The Thomist. Washington. The Bulletin Thomiste (Le Saulchoir, Belgium) since 1921 has reported on all books and articles on Aquinas. The standard bibliography is Mandonnet, P. and Destrez, J. Bibliographie Tlwmiste, rev. ed. M. D. Chenu, Paris, See also Bourke, V. J. Thomistic Bibliography, , St. Louis, 1945.