The Great Books

Summa Theologica

by Thomas Aquinas · 1265-1274

The English Dominican translation, 1911, the First Part. 116 parts, about 497,439 words, 38 hours of reading. Source edition.

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Contents

  1. The Nature and Extent of Sacred Doctrine5,987 words
  2. The Existence of God2 passages · 3,018 words
  3. Of the Simplicity of God5,626 words
  4. The Perfection of God2,268 words
  5. Of Goodness in General4,225 words
  6. The Goodness of God2,203 words
  7. The Infinity of God2,921 words
  8. The Existence of God in Things3,432 words
  9. The Immutability of God1,732 words
  10. The Eternity of God4,703 words
  11. The Unity of God2,886 words
  12. How God Is Known by Us10,267 words
  13. The Names of God10,913 words
  14. Of God's Knowledge13,028 words
  15. Of Ideas2,451 words
  16. Of Truth5,588 words
  17. Concerning Falsity3,068 words
  18. The Life of God3,650 words
  19. The Will of God9,686 words
  20. God's Love3,741 words
  21. The Justice and Mercy of God2,878 words
  22. The Providence of God3,754 words
  23. Of Predestination7,337 words
  24. The Book of Life2,015 words
  25. The Power of God5,685 words
  26. Of the Divine Beatitude1,590 words
  27. The Procession of the Divine Persons3,665 words
  28. The Divine Relations3,523 words
  29. The Divine Persons4,221 words
  30. The Plurality of Persons in God3,488 words
  31. Of What Belongs to the Unity or Plurality in God3,613 words
  32. The Knowledge of the Divine Persons4,220 words
  33. Of the Person of the Father3,735 words
  34. Of the Person of the Son3,467 words
  35. Of the Image1,284 words
  36. Of the Person of the Holy Ghost5,836 words
  37. Of the Name of the Holy Ghost—love2,698 words
  38. Of the Name of the Holy Ghost, as Gift1,465 words
  39. Of the Persons in Relation to the Essence9,289 words
  40. Of the Persons as Compared to the Relations or Properties3,429 words
  41. Of the Persons in Reference to the Notional Acts5,708 words
  42. Of Equality and Likeness Among the Divine Persons5,041 words
  43. The Mission of the Divine Persons6,032 words
  44. The Procession of Creatures from God, and of the First Cause of All Things2,829 words
  45. The Mode of Emanation of Things from the First Principle6,671 words
  46. Of the Beginning of the Duration of Creatures4,697 words
  47. Of the Distinction of Things in General2,682 words
  48. The Distinction of Things in Particular4,870 words
  49. The Cause of Evil3,077 words
  50. Of the Substance of the Angels Absolutely Considered4,530 words
  51. Of the Angels in Comparison with Bodies2,932 words
  52. Of the Angels in Relation to Place1,698 words
  53. Of the Local Movement of the Angels3,512 words
  54. Of the Knowledge of the Angels3,257 words
  55. Of the Medium of the Angelic Knowledge2,515 words
  56. Of the Angel's Knowledge of Immaterial Things2,452 words
  57. Of the Angel's Knowledge of Material Things4,440 words
  58. Of the Mode of Angelic Knowledge7,981 words
  59. Of the Love or Dilection of the Angels3,933 words
  60. Of the Production of the Angels in the Order of Natural Being2,167 words
  61. Of the Perfection of the Angels in the Order of Grace and of Glory6,511 words
  62. The Malice of the Angels with Regard to Sin7,261 words
  63. The Punishment of the Demons4,061 words
  64. The Work of Creation of Corporeal Creatures3,718 words
  65. On the Order of Creation Towards Distinction4,847 words
  66. On the Work of Distinction in Itself3,492 words
  67. On the Work of the Second Day4,206 words
  68. On the Work of the Third Day2,633 words
  69. Of the Work of Adornment, as Regards the Fourth Day3,870 words
  70. On the Work of the Fifth Day1,074 words
  71. On the Work of the Sixth Day1,196 words
  72. On the Things That Belong to the Seventh Day2,230 words
  73. On All the Seven Days in Common10,466 words
  74. Of the Union of Body and Soul11,725 words
  75. Of Those Things Which Belong to the Powers of the Soul in General6,742 words
  76. Of the Specific Powers of the Soul5,540 words
  77. Of the Intellectual Powers10,741 words
  78. Of the Appetitive Powers in General1,250 words
  79. Of the Power of Sensuality2,282 words
  80. Of the Will4,161 words
  81. Of Free-will2,996 words
  82. How the Soul While United to the Body Understands Corporeal Things Beneath It8,891 words
  83. Of the Mode and Order of Understanding8,279 words
  84. What Our Intellect Knows in Material Things2,744 words
  85. How the Intellectual Soul Knows Itself and All Within Itself3,408 words
  86. How the Human Soul Knows What Is Above Itself3,282 words
  87. Of the Knowledge of the Separated Soul5,929 words
  88. Of the First Production of Man's Soul6,654 words
  89. The Production of the Woman2,651 words
  90. The End or Term of the Production of Man8,282 words
  91. Of the State and Condition of the First Man as Regards His Intellect3,808 words
  92. Of Things Pertaining to the First Man's Will—namely, Grace and Righteousness3,242 words
  93. Of the Mastership Belonging to Man in the State of Innocence2,781 words
  94. Of the Preservation of the Individual in the Primitive State2,748 words
  95. Of the Preservation of the Species1,836 words
  96. Of the Condition of the Offspring as to the Body1,372 words
  97. Of the Condition of the Offspring as Regards Righteousness1,350 words
  98. Of the Condition of the Offspring as Regards Knowledge1,011 words
  99. Of Man's Abode, Which Is Paradise2,691 words
  100. Of the Government of Things in General5,181 words
  101. The Special Effects of the Divine Government3,604 words
  102. Of the Change of Creatures by God5,681 words
  103. How One Creature Moves Another3,006 words
  104. The Speech of the Angels2,753 words
  105. Of the Angelic Degrees of Hierarchies and Orders7,776 words
  106. The Ordering of the Bad Angels1,938 words
  107. How Angels Act on Bodies3,105 words
  108. The Action of the Angels on Man2,818 words
  109. The Mission of the Angels2,990 words
  110. Of the Guardianship of the Good Angels4,863 words
  111. Of the Assaults of the Demons3,225 words
  112. Of the Action of the Corporeal Creature5,784 words
  113. On Fate2,304 words
  114. Of Things Pertaining to the Action of Man3,553 words
  115. Of the Production of Man from Man as to the Soul3,766 words
  116. Of the Propagation of Man as to the Body3,522 words