Week 2 Course Material

Course Slides and Readings

Before the second session, please read:

• The prologue of question 50 of the Prima Pars. Link here.

• The responses (respondeo, "I answer that, ...), of the five articles of question 50 of the Prima Pars, on the substance of the angels. Link here.

• "Creation," in The Routledge guidebook to Aquinas' Summe theologiae, especially pages 81-82. Link here.

Further Reading

Optional reading:

• The responses (respondeo, "I answer that, ...), of the four articles of question 64 of the Prima Pars, on the punishment of the demons. Link here.

• "Aristotelianism and Angelology According to Aquinas," by Serge-Thomas Bonino OP, in Aristotle in Aquinas's Theology. Link here.

Assignment

After the second session, write 300 words in response to one of the following: