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All are welcome to join our lively discussion group as we help each other read through the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas .
Unless otherwise noted, meetings are from 1-3 PM on the 4th SATURDAY (*except 3rd Sat. in December)Contact Jim Latimer (spesjsl@gmail.com) for more information about this discussion group.
Usually at the beginning or end of the academic year we have guest speakers
Second Part of the Second Part
(Secunda Secundę Partis)
CHARITY
VICES: Hatred (34), which is
opposed to charity itself. Sloth
(35) and envy (36),
which are opposed, respectively, to our own joy and the joy of our neighbor.
Vices opposed to peace: discord
(37), contention (38),
schism (39), war (40), strife (41) and sedition (42). Scandal (43), the vice
opposed to beneficence.
PRECEPTS: The precepts
(44) of charity.
GIFT: The corresponding gift of wisdom (45) and folly (46) which is opposed
to wisdom.
THE
CARDINAL VIRTUES
Prudence
PRUDENCE ITSELF: The virtue of prudence (47)
PARTS: The parts
(48) of prudence. Each
quasi-integral part (49) of prudence. The subjective parts (50) of
prudence; especially the prudence with which a man rules himself (see 47), and
that with which he rules
others (50). The quasi-potential
parts (51) of prudence, that is, the related virtues.
GIFT: The corresponding gift of prudence, which is counsel (52).
VICES: The vices opposed to prudence, some of which are
obviously opposed such as imprudence
(53) and negligence (54)
which is opposed to solicitude; and others which bear a false resemblance (55) to
prudence.
PRECEPTS: The precepts
concerning prudence (56).
October 23, 2010 Question
34 (6 articles), Question 35 (4 articles), Question 36 (4 articles)
November 27, 2010 Question 37
(2 articles), Question 38 (2 articles), Question 39 (4 articles), Question 40
(4 articles),
December 18, 2010* cancelled
January 22, 2011 Question 41
(2 articles), Question 42 (2 articles), Question 43 (8 articles)
February 26, 2011 Question
44 (8 articles), Question 45 (6 articles), Question 46 (3 articles)
March 26, 2011 Question
47 (16 articles)
April 23, 2011 Question
48 (1 article), Question 49 (8 articles), Question 50 (4 articles)
May 28, 2011 Question
51 (4 articles), Question 52 (4 articles), Question 53 (6 articles)
June TBD Closing lecture
Possible make up: Question 54 (3 articles), Question 55 (8 articles). Question 56 (2 articles)
Past lectures by guest speakers have included:
"Reflections on the Christian Humanism of Jacques Maritain" Dr. John F. Millard
"The Philosophy of St. Thomas" Dr. John Peterson
"The Philosophy of the Person" Dr. Stephen Schwarz
"Phenomenology and Thomism: Strangers, Friends, Allies?" Dr. William Marra
"The Truth of God's Existence" Dr. Michael Pakaluk
"Are Demons Unceasingly Evil?" Dr. Nicholas Ingham
"Sensuality and Free
Will in
Augustine and Aquinas" Dr. Dwight G. Duncan
"Does Aquinas Live in the 'Best of All Possible Worlds?': The Angelic Doctor and the Problem of Evil" Dr. Fritz Wenisch
"The
Radical
Orthodox and Thomas: Promise and Perils" Dr. David Lewis
Stokes Jr.
"Thomas
Aquinas's
Theory of the Moral Virtues" Dr. David Gallagher
"The
Reality of
Evil: a Challenge to the Evil as Privation Theory" Dr.
Stephen Schwarz
"St. Thomas
Aquinas' Vision of the Moral Life: Recovering a Forgotten Wisdom"
Dr. Paul L. Gondreau
"Dante and
the
Resurrection of the Body" Dr. Anthony M. Esolen
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