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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 of each month at Mathewson HouseContact 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)
CONNECTED VIRTUES (OBSERVANCE):
Flattery (115) andquarreling (116).Liberality (117), which is opposed by covetousness (118) anddigality (119).
CONNECTED VIRTUES (EPIKEIA): Thevirtue of epikeia (120) or equity.
GIFT Piety (121), the corresponding gift.
PRECEPTS precepts (122)
FORTITUDE
ITSELF: The virtue
of fortitude (123) and martyrdom
(124),
its principle act.
VICES: The
vices opposed to fortitude, which are fear
(125), fearlessness
(126),
and daring
(127).
PARTS: Its
parts in
general (128).
Specifically, magnanimity
(129) and
its opposing vices of presumption
(130),ambition
(131) and vainglory
(132) --
which are all opposed by excess -- and pusillanimity
(133),
which is opposed by deficiency. Magnificence
(134) and
its opposed
vices (135). Patience
(136) and
its opposed vices. Perseverance
(137) and
its opposed
vices (138).
GIFT: The corresponding
gift (139) of
fortitude.
PRECEPTS: The precepts
(140) of
fortitude.
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September 26, 2015 |
Question 115 (2 articles), Q 116 (2 articles), Q 117 (6 articles) |
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October 24, 2015 |
Question 118 (8 articles), Question 119 (3 articles) |
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November 28, 2015 |
Question 120 (2 articles), Question 121 (2 articles), Question 122 (6 articles) |
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December 26, 2015 |
Question 123 (12 articles) |
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January 23, 2016 |
Question 124 (4 articles), Question 125 (4 articles), Question 125 (2 articles), Question 127 (2 articles) |
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February 27, 2016 |
Question 128 (1 article), Question 129 (8 articles), Question 130 (2 articles) |
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March 26, 2016 |
Question 131 (2 articles), Question 132 (5 articles), Question 133 (2 articles) |
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April 23, 2016 |
Question 134 (4 articles), Question 135 (2 articles), Question 136 (5 articles) |
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May 28, 2016 |
Question 137 (4 articles), Question 138 (2 articles), Question 139 (2 articles), Question 140 (2 articles) |
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May or June TBD |
Closing lecture |
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Past lectures by guest speakers have included:
"How Catholic Philosophy can Strengthen Your Faith" Dr. Ronda Chervin
"Catholic Social Teaching and Public Policy" Mr. William McKenna
"Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Mystery of Grace" Fr. Joseph R. Upton
"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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