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Medieval Mind Reader 2.3.0 The Medieval Mind Old Western Culture Reader Vol. 11 The Medieval Mind Old Western Culture Reader Vol. 11 Aquinas and Dante Companion to Christendom: The Medieval Mind, a great books curriculum by Roman Roads Media. The Medieval Mind, Aquinas and Dante Old Western Culture Reader, Volume 11. Copyright © 2017 Roman Roads Media Published by Roman Roads Media, LLC 121 E 3rd St., Moscow ID 83843 509-906-8635 | www.romanroadsmedia.com [email protected] Copy Editor: George Callihan General Editor: Daniel Foucachon Cover Design: Daniel Foucachon and Rachel Rosales Dante's Cosmology Illustration by George Harrell All other illustrations by Gustave Doré. Public domain. Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher, except as provided by the USA copyright law. Version 1.1.0 The Medieval Mind, Aquinas and Dante, Old Western Culture Reader Vol. 11, hardback clothbound. Roman Roads Media, LLC. ISBN: 978-1-944482-20-6 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This is a companion reader for the Old Western Culture curriculum by Roman Roads Media. To find out more about this course, visit www.romanroadsmedia.com Old Western Culture Great Books Reader Series THE GREEKS The Epics Drama & Lyric The Histories The Philosophers THE ROMANS The Aeneid The Historians Early Christianity Nicene Christianity CHRISTENDOM Early Medievals Defense of the Faith The Medieval Mind The Reformation EARLY MODERNS Rise of England The Enlightenment The Victorian Poets The Novels A Note About this Reader Dear Reader, This limited edition hardback of The Medieval Mind is a prototype of the future Old Western Culture Reader Series. Special thanks to those helping and encouraging us in the overhaul of our Reader Series, from the typesetters to our helpful clients who have let us know of errors in early editions, promoted Old Western Culture, and given us feedback on the future of this series. In particular, a special thanks to: Wesley Callihan, George Callihan, Lydia Foucachon, Valerie Abraham, Gunn Wilson, Valerie Anne Bost, Julie Greenman, and the Plumfield and Paideia group led by Sara Masarik and Jaime Bell Showmaker. Our final goal is to publish a great books set in 16 volumes that is delightful to read and behold, historically Christian in its selection, and generationally durable. Sincerely, Daniel Foucachon, General Editor CONTENTS COMPENDIUM, Thomas Aquinas ...................................................................................... 5 Chapter 1: Scope of the Present Work....................................................................................... 5 Chapter 2: Arrangement of Our Topics Concerning Faith ......................................................... 6 Chapter 3: The Existence of God ............................................................................................. 7 Chapter 4: The Immobility of God ........................................................................................... 7 Chapter 5: The Eternity of God ............................................................................................... 8 Chapter 6: Necessity of God’s Existence ................................................................................... 8 Chapter 7: The Everlasting Existence of God ........................................................................... 9 Chapter 8: Absence of Succession in God .................................................................................. 9 Chapter 9: Simplicty of God ...................................................................................................10 Chapter 10: Identity of God with His Essence ........................................................................ 10 Chapter 11: Identity of Essence and Existence in God ............................................................ 11 Chapter 12: God Not Contained Under Any Genus............................................................... 12 Chapter 13: God is Not a Genus ............................................................................................12 Chapter 14: God Not a Species Predicated by Individuals ....................................................... 12 Chapter 15: The Unicity of God.............................................................................................15 Chapter 72: The Cause of Diversity .......................................................................................14 Chapter 73: Diversity in Things According to Degree and Order ............................................. 14 Chapter 74: Incorporeal Substances Requisite for the Perfection of the Universe ...................... 15 Chapter 75: Intellectual Substances ..........................................................................................16 Chapter 76: Freedom of Choice in Intellectual Substances ........................................................ 17 Chapter 77: Order and Degree among Intellectual Beings ......................................................... 17 Chapter 78: Order and Degree in Intellectual Operation ......................................................... 18 Chapter 79: Inferiority of Man’s Intellectual Nature ............................................................... 18 Chapter 80: Different Kinds of Intellect and Ways of Understanding ..................................... 19 Chapter 81: Reception of Intelligible Forms in the Possible Intellect ......................................... 20 Chapter 82: Man’s Need of Sense Faculties for Understanding ................................................ 20 Chapter 83: Necessity of the Agent Intellect ............................................................................ 21 Chapter 103: The Divine Goodness as the End of all Action and Movement in Creatures ...... 21 Chapter 104: The End of the Intellectual Creature ................................................................. 23 Chapter 105: Knowledge of the Divine Essence by the Created Intellect ................................... 24 Chapter 106: Fruition of Natural Desire in the Beatific Vision ............................................. 25 Chapter 107: Beatitude Essentially in the Act of the Intellect ................................................ 26 Chapter 114: The Meaning of Good and Evil in Things ........................................................ 27 Chapter 115: Impossibility of an Evil Nature ........................................................................ 27 Chapter 116: Good and Evil as Specific Differences and as Contraries .................................... 28 Chapter 117: Impossibility of Essential or Supreme Evil ........................................................ 29 Chapter 127: Control of Lower Bodies, but Not of the Human Intellect, by Higher Bodies .... 30 Chapter 128: Indirect Influence of Heavenly Bodies on the Human Intellect Through the Senses 31 Chapter 129: Movement of Man’s Will by God...................................................................... 31 Chapter 130: Government of the World by God ..................................................................... 33 Chapter 142: God’s Goodness and the Permission of Evil ....................................................... 34 Chapter 143: God’s Special Providence over Man by Grace ..................................................... 35 Chapter 144: Remission of Sin by the Gifts of Grace ............................................................. 36 Chapter 145: No Sin Unforgivable ........................................................................................37 Chapter 146: Remission of Sin by God Alone ........................................................................ 38 Chapter 147: Some Articles of Faith on the Effects of Divine Government ............................ 38 Chapter 148: All Creation for Man ........................................................................................39 Chapter 149: The Ultimate End of Man ............................................................................... 40 Chapter 150: Consummation of Man in Eternity ................................................................... 40 Chapter 151: Reunion with the Body Requisite for the Soul’s Perfect Happiness ....................... 40 Chapter 152: Separation of the Body and Soul both Natural and Contrary to Nature ........... 41 Chapter 153: The Soul’s Resumption of the Same Body .......................................................... 42 Chapter 154: Miraculous Nature of the Resurrection ............................................................. 42 Chapter 155: Resurrection to New Life ................................................................................... 45 Chapter 156: Cessation of Nutrition and Reproduction after the Resurrection ......................... 46 Chapter 157: Resurrection of all the Bodily Members ............................................................. 47 Chapter 172: Man’s Reward or Misery According to His Works ............................................ 47 Chapter 173: Reward and Misery Postponed to the next World ............................................... 48 Chapter 174: Wretchedness Flowing from the Punishment of Loss .......................................... 49 Chapter 175: Forgiveness of Sin in the next World ................................................................
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