Aquinas 101 - It matters what you think

How to Think Like a Thomist: An Introduction to Thomistic Principles

21 lessonsEveryone needs some introduction to the basic vocabulary and concepts that St. Thomas Aquinas uses in his philosophical and theological works. These lessons will give you a basic confidence to navigate St. Thomas’s way of thinking and teaching. Terms like “act and potency,” “form and matter,” “efficient and final cause,” will become clearer, and prepare you to follow Aquinas on his many paths to the one Truth.

What you will learn

A basic Thomistic vocabulary
The principle of non-contradiction
Understanding “what” things are
An intro to causality, or “why” things are

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Course Content

Lesson 1: The Science of Theology

Lesson 2: The Principle of Non-Contradiction

Lesson 3: Argument and Dialectic

Lesson 4: Being and Metaphysics

Lesson 5: Act and Potency

Lesson 6: Form and Matter

Lesson 7: Essence and Existence

Lesson 8: The Real Distinction

Lesson 9: Universals and Particulars, Genus and Species

Lesson 10: Nature and Natures

Lesson 11: Substance and Accidents

Lesson 12: The Four Causes

Lesson 13: Teleology

Lesson 14: Intro to Primary and Secondary Causality

Lesson 15: Analogy

Lesson 16: The Three Acts of the Mind

Lesson 17: Opinion, Doubt, Knowledge, and Belief

Lesson 18: Moderate Realism

Lesson 19: Good and Evil

Lesson 20: Powers of the Soul: A First Look

Lesson 21: Habits: A First Look

Instructors

Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.Rector Magnificus, Pontifical University of St. Thomas (Angelicum).

Fr. James Brent, O.P.Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Chaplain to Commuter Students, Dominican House of Studies.

Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.Director, Thomistic Institute. Associate Professor of Dogmatic Theology, Dominican House of Studies.

Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.Assistant Director of Campus Outreach, Thomistic Institute. Instructor of Dogmatic and Moral Theology, Dominican House of Studies.

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