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Zusatztext This lucid translation shows Aquinas's mature treatment of creation and of divine triunity at its best, with a bonus of historical summaries of positions held (from the Greeks to early Christian tradition) on many key issues. This strategic abridgement of Aquinas's extended exposition actually enhances the reception of the arguments he marshals to make his point on the often intractable issues of free creation and divine triunity. A masterful presentation, which will serve to introduce current students of philosophical theology into the issues themselves (creation and Trinity) as well as suggest how powerfully the approach of a medieval master like Aquinas can instruct us today. Informationen zum Autor Richard Regan is Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. Klappentext On Power (De Potentia) is one of Aquinas's ''Disputed Questions'' (a systematic series of discussions of specific theological topics). It is a text which anyone with a serious interest in Aquinas's thinking will need to read. There is, however, no English translation of the De Potentia currently in print. Fr. Richard Regan has produced this abridgement, which passes over some of the full text while retaining what seems most important when it comes to following the flow of Aquinas's thought. Zusammenfassung On Power (De Potentia) is one of Aquinas's ''Disputed Questions'' (a systematic series of discussions of specific theological topics). It is a text which anyone with a serious interest in Aquinas's thinking will need to read. There is, however, no English translation of the De Potentia currently in print. A translation was published in 1932 under the auspices of the English Dominicans, but is now only available on a CD of translations of Aquineas coming from the InteLex Corporation. A new translation in book form is therefore highly desirable. However, the De Potentia is a very long work indeed (the 1932 translation fills three volumes), and a full translation would be a difficult publishing proposition as well as a challenge to any translator. Recognizing this fact, while wishing to make a solid English version of the De Potentia available, Fr. Richard Regan has produced this abridgement, which passes over some of the full text while retaining what seems most important when it comes to following the flow of Aquinas's thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis Biblical Abbreviations Other Abbreviations Introduction Question 1: Creation, The Power of God Absolutely Articles 1. Is There Power in God? 2. Is God's Power Infinite? 3. Are Things Impossible for Nature Possible for God? 4. Should We Judge Something to Be Possible or Impossible by Lower or Higher Causes? 5. Can God Cause Things That He Does Not Cause and Abandon Things That He Causes? 6. Can God Do Things Possible for Others, Such as Sinning, Walking, and the Like? 7. Why Do We Call God Almighty? Question 2: The Power in the Godhead to Generate Articles 1. Is There a Power in the Godhead to Generate? 2. Do We Speak of the Generative Power in God Essentially or Notionally? 3. Does the Generative Power Proceed to the Act of Generation at the Will's Command? 4. Can There Be Several Sons in God? 5. Is the Power to Generate Included in Omnipotence? 6. Are the Power to Generate and the Power to Create the Same? Question 3: Creation, The First Effect of Divine Power Articles 1. Can God create Something Out of Nothing? 2. Is Creation a Change? 3. Is Creation Something Really in a Creature, or If It Is, What Is It? 4. Is the Power to Create and the Act of Creation Communicable to a Creature? 5. Can There Be Anything That God Did Not Create? 6. Is There Only One Source of Creation? 7. Is God Active in the Actions of Nature? 8. Does God Act in Nature by Creating, That Is, Is Creation Involved in Nature's Action? 9. Does Creation Bring the Rati...
