Aquinas: Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) is an extremely influential figure in the history of Western thought and the Catholic church. In this major addition to the Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought series, Robert Dyson has translated texts by Aquinas that reflect the complete range of his thinking, and clearly show his development of a Christian version of the philosophy of Aristotle. His translations are supported by brief biographies, notes for further reading and a concise critical introduction. Half-title......Page 3 Series-title......Page 4 Title......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Dedication......Page 7 Contents......Page 9 Preface......Page 17 Abbreviations......Page 18 St Thomas Aquinas......Page 19 Notes on the edition......Page 20 St Thomas’s political thought......Page 25 A brief chronology of St Thomas’s life......Page 39 Primary sources......Page 40 Moral philosophy......Page 41 Medieval political thought......Page 42 articulus 3: Whether men were equal in the state of innocence......Page 45 articulus 4: Whether in the state of innocence man would have had dominion over man......Page 47 Book I......Page 49 Book II......Page 89 articulus 1: Whether the old law enjoined suitable precepts concerning rulers......Page 96 articulus I: Whether one man is bound to obey another......Page 101 articulus 2: Whether obedience is a specific virtue......Page 103 articulus 3: Whether obedience is the greatest of the virtues......Page 107 articulus 4: Whether God is to be obeyed in all things......Page 110 articulus 5: Whether subjects are bound to obey their superiors in all things......Page 112 articulus 6: Whether Christians are bound to obey the secular powers......Page 114 articulus 2: Whether Christians are bound to obey the secular powers, and tyrants in particular......Page 116 articulus 1: Whether law is something belonging to reason......Page 120 articulus 2: Whether law is always directed to the common good......Page 122 articulus 3: Whether the reason of anyone whatsoever can make laws......Page 124 articulus 4: Whether promulgation is essential to law......Page 126 articulus 1: Whether there is an eternal law......Page 127 articulus 2: Whether there is a natural law in us......Page 129 articulus 3: Whether there is a human law......Page 131 articulus 4: Whether it was necessary for there to be a Divine law......Page 133 articulus 5: Whether there is only one Divine law......Page 135 articulus 6: Whether there is a ‘law of lust’ [lex fomitis]......Page 137 (c) Summa theologiae IaIIae 92: The effects of law......Page 139 articulus 1: Whether it is an effect of law to make men good......Page 140 articulus 2: Whether the functions of law are properly described [as commanding, prohibiting, permitting and punishing]......Page 143 articulus 1: Whether the eternal law is supreme reason existing in God......Page 145 articulus 2: Whether the eternal law is known to all men......Page 147 articulus 3: Whether every law is derived from the eternal law......Page 149 articulus 4: Whether necessary and eternal things are subject to the eternal law......Page 151 articulus 5: Whether natural contingents are subject to the eternal law......Page 153 articulus 6: Whether all human affairs are subject to the eternal law......Page 155 articulus 1: Whether the natural law is a habit......Page 158 articulus 2: Whether the natural law contains several precepts, or only one......Page 160 articulus 3: Whether all acts of virtue are prescribed by the natural law......Page 162 articulus 4: Whether the natural law is the same in all men......Page 164 articulus 5: Whether the natural law can be changed......Page 167 articulus 6: Whether the law of nature can be abolished from the heart of man......Page 169 articulus 1: Whether it was useful for certain laws to be established by men......Page 170 articulus 2: Whether every human law is derived from the natural law......Page 173 articulus 3: Whether Isidore’s description of the quality of positive law is appropriate......Page 175 articulus 4: Whether Isidore's division of human laws is appropriate......Page 177 articulus 1: Whether human law should be framed for the community rather than the individual......Page 181 articulus 2: Whether it belongs to human law to restrain all vices......Page 183 articulus 3: Whether human law prescribes all acts of virtue......Page 185 articulus 4: Whether human law binds a man in the court of conscience......Page 187 articulus 5: Whether all men are subject to the law......Page 189 articulus 6: Whether one who is subject to a law may go beyond the letter of the law......Page 191 articulus 1: Whether human law should be changed in any way......Page 193 articulus 2: Whether human law should always be changed when something better arises......Page 195 articulus 3: Whether custom can obtain the force of law......Page 197 articulus 4: Wether the rulers of a community can dispense from human laws......Page 199 articulus 1: Whether right [ius] is the object of justice [iustitia]......Page 202 articulus 2: Whether right is suitably divided into natural right and positive right......Page 205 articulus 3: Whether the ‘right of nations' [ius gentium] is the same as natural right [ius naturale]......Page 207 articulus 4: Whether paternal right and dominative right should be regarded as different species of right......Page 209 articulus 1: Whether justice is suitably defined as ‘a constant and perpetual will to render to each his right’......Page 212 articulus 2: Whether justice is always towards another......Page 215 articulus 3: Whether justice is a virtue......Page 217 articulus 4: Whether justice is in the will as its subject......Page 219 articulus 5: Whether justice is a general virtue......Page 220 articulus 6: Whether justice, insofar as it is a general virtue, is the same in essence as all virtue......Page 222 articulus 7: Whether there is a particular justice as well as general [i.e.‘legal'] justice......Page 225 articulus 8: Whether particular justice has a specific field of concern......Page 227 articulus 9: Whether justice is concerned with the passions......Page 228 articulus 10: Whether the mean of justice is an objective mean [medium rei]......Page 231 articulus 11: Whether the act of justice is to render to each his own......Page 233 articulus 12: Whether justice is pre-eminent among the moral virtues......Page 234 articulus 1: Whether judgment is an act of justice......Page 236 articulus 2: Whether it is lawful to judge......Page 238 articulus 3: Whether it is unlawful to judge on the basis of suspicion......Page 240 articulus 4: Whether doubts should receive the more favourable interpretation......Page 242 articulus 5: Whether we ought always to judge according to the written law......Page 244 articulus 6: Whether judgment is rendered wrongful by usurpation......Page 246 articulus 1: Whether it is natural for man to possess external things......Page 249 articulus 2: Whether it is lawful for anyone to possess something as his own......Page 251 articulus 3: Whether the nature of theft lies in taking someone else’s property secretly......Page 253 articulus 4: Whether theft and robbery are sins of different species......Page 254 articulus 5: Whether theft is always a sin......Page 256 articulus 6: Whether theft is a mortal sin......Page 258 articulus 7: Whether it is lawful to steal by reason of necessity......Page 260 articulus 8: Whether robbery may be committed without sin......Page 261 articulus 9: Whether theft is a more grievous sin than robbery......Page 263 articulus 1: Whether it is a sin to take usury for a loan of money......Page 264 articulus 2: Whether one may ask for some other kind of consideration for a loan of money......Page 269 articulus 3: Whether someone is bound to restore whatever profits he has made out of money lent upon usury......Page 273 articulus 4: Whether it is lawful to borrow money upon usury......Page 275 (c) The letter to the Duchess of Brabant ‘On the government of Jews'......Page 277 articulus 1: Whether it is always a sin to wage war......Page 283 articulus 2: Whether it is lawful for clerics and bishops to fight......Page 286 articulus 3: Whether it is lawful to make use of ambushes in war......Page 289 articulus 4: Whether it is lawful to fight on holy days......Page 290 articulus 1: Whether sedition is a specific sin distinct from others......Page 291 articulus 2: Whether sedition is always a mortal sin......Page 293 articulus 1: Whether it is unlawful to kill any living thing......Page 295 articulus 2: Whether it is lawful to kill sinners......Page 297 articulus 3: Whether it is lawful for a private person to kill a man who has sinned......Page 299 articulus 4: Whether it is lawful for clerics to kill malefactors......Page 300 articulus 5: Whether it is lawful for someone to slay himself......Page 302 articulus 6: Whether it is lawful to kill the innocent......Page 305 articulus 7: Whether it is lawful to kill someone in self-defence......Page 306 articulus 8: Whether one incurs the guilt of homicide through slaying a man by chance......Page 309 articulus 8: Whether unbelievers ought to be coerced into the faith......Page 311 articulus 10: Whether unbelievers may have authority or dominion over the faithful......Page 314 articulus 11: Whether the rites of unbelievers ought to be tolerated......Page 316 articulus 3: Whether heretics ought to be tolerated......Page 318 articulus 2: Whether a prince forfeits his dominion over his subjects by reason of his apostasy from the faith, so that they.........Page 320 articulus 4: On spiritual and temporal power......Page 321 Biographical glossary......Page 323 Index......Page 341 St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Is A Massively Influential Figure In The History Of Western Thought And Of The Catholic Church. In This Major Addition To The Cambridge Texts Series R.w. Dyson (whose Modern Rendition Of Augustine's City Of God Has Already Been Widely Acclaimed) Has Chosen Texts By Aquinas That Show His Development Of A Christian Version Of The Philosophy Of Aristotle, Its Contrast With The Augustinian Thought That Had Coloured So Much Political Thinking In The Previous Eight Centuries, And St. Thomas's Views As To The Purpose Of Government, Constitutions, And The Relations Between Secular And Ecclesiastical Power. Property, Slavery And Usury Are Fully Covered, As Are St. Thomas's Celebrated And Influential Writings On Law. The Translations Are Extremely Accessible And The Whole Is Supported By All Of The Usual Series Features Designed To Assist The Reader, Including Brief Biographies, Notes For Further Reading And A Concise Critical Introduction.--jacket. Pt. 1. Government And Politics: Summa Theologiae [summa Theologica] Ia 96, Concerning The Dominion Which Belonged To Man In The State Of Innocence; The Treatise ' De Regimine Principum' Or 'de Regno'; Summa Theologiae Iaiiae 105:1, Concerning The Reason For Judicial Precepts, Of The Old Testament. Pt. 2. Obedience: Summa Theologiae Iiaiiae 104, On Obedience; Scripta Super Libros Sententiarum Ii, Dist. 44, Quaest. 2. Pt. 3. Law: Summa Theologiae Iaiiae 90, The Essence Of Law; Summa Theologiae Iaiiae 91, The Various Kinds Of Law; Summa Theologiae Iaiiae 92, The Effect Of Law; Summa Theologiae Iaiiae 93, The Eternal Law; Summa Theologiae Iaiiae 94, The Natural Law; Summa Theologiae Iaiiae 95; Human Law Considered In Itself; Summa Theologiae Iaiiae 96, Of The Power Of Human Law; Summa Theologiae Iaiiae 97, Of Change In The Laws. Pt. 4. Right, Justice And Judgment: Summa Theologiae Iiaiiae 57, On Right; Summa Theologiae Iiaiiae 58, On Justice; Summa Theologiae Iiaiiae 60, On Judgment. Pt. 5. Property Relations: Summa Theologiae Iiaiiae 66, On Theft And Robbery; Summa Theologiae Iiaiiae 78, On The Sin Of Usury; Letter To The Duchess Of Brabant 'on The Government Of Jews. Pt. 6. War, Sedition And Killing: Summa Theologiae Iiaiiae 40, On War; Summa Theologiae Iiaiiae 42, On Sedition; Summa Theologiae Iiaiiae 64, On Homicide. Pt. 7. Religion And Politics: Summa Theologiae Iiaiiae 10, On Relations With Unbelievers; Summa Theologiae Iiaiiae 11, On Heresy; Summa Theologiae Iiaiiae 12, On Apostasy; Scripta Super Libros Sententiarum 11, Dist. 44, Quaest. 3 -- Bibliographical Glossary. Thomas Aquinas ; Edited And Translated By R.w. Dyson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. Xxxviii-xli) And Index. Thomas Aquinas (1225–74) is a massive figure in the history of western thought and of the Catholic church. In this major addition to the Cambridge Texts series Robert Dyson (whose modern rendition of Augustine's City of God has already been widely acclaimed) has chosen texts by Aquinas that show his development of a Christian version of the philosophy of Aristotle, its contrast with the Augustinian thought that had coloured so much political thinking in the previous eight centuries, and St Thomas's views as to the purpose of government, constitutions, and the relations between secular and ecclesiastical power. Property, slavery, and usury are fully covered, as are St Thomas's celebrated and influential writings on law. The translations are extremely accessible and the whole is supported by all of the usual series features designed to assist the student reader, including brief biographies, notes for further reading and a concise critical introduction. In this major addition to the Cambridge Texts series Robert Dyson has chosen texts by Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) that manifest the full range of his thinking. The lucid translations are supported by many features designed to assist the student reader, including brief biographies and a concise critical introduction