Introduction to Saint Thomas Aquinas (The Modern Library of the World's Best Books #259)

by Thomas Aquinas and St. Thomas Aquinas

Book Overview

Edited, with an Introduction, by Anton C. Pegis with selections from SUMMA THEOLOGICA and SUMMA CONTRA GENTILES This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0006ARH9G
• Release Date: January 1948
• Publisher: Modern Library
• Length: 690 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Good collection, but the physical quality could be better.

It it a good overview of Aquinas and contains good selections, but the physical book kind of bothers me. It is very 'compact', meaning that there is the spacing between lines is too small for notes and almost too small for underlining; The margins are small , so you can't write in those. Also when reading, I tend to 'get lost' and skip or reread a line because they are so compacted.

Not too much to bite off, enough to chew on

Good introduction. Lays out the context for Aquinas and his times and the Medieval university milieu. Gives enough of his writing to get a good grasp of it, without overload.