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Where to start with Aquinas? I torrented Summa Contra Gentiles.

>> No.18371365

>>18371358
Just get a collected works book

>> No.18371382

>>18371358
Youre not going to read the summa lmao. Just look up random questions and find one that interests you. You can begin with the five proofs, those are cool regardless of your personal beliefs.

>> No.18371386

you don't

>> No.18371405

the greeks

>> No.18372671

>>18371405
unironically this, you cant understand Tommy without understanding Aristotle.

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>> No.18373174

edward feser

>> No.18374534

>>18371358
A true Catholic, reading what men say about the Bible instead of the Bible itself.

>> No.18375936

>>18371358
Start with his essays
>On Being and Essence
>On the First Principles of Nature
>>18371405
good advice
you need Aristotle:
>De Anima
>Physics
>Metaphysics (and Avicenna's commentary)
>Nicomachean Ethics
but you also need
>Porphyry - Isagoge
>Proclus - Elements of Theology
>Ps. Dionysius - Collected Works
>Boethius - Consolation of Philosophy
>St. John Damascene - The Orthodox Fath
>St. Augustine - De Trinitate

You did well to get SCG before going for ST.
The ST is more like a reference work. Have a question? Go see how Aquinas answered it.
If you want to "read" the ST, get Timothy McDermott's Concise Translation.
>>18373174
Feser is helpful but Gilson and Hankey are far superior.
If you are absolutely brand new to this, Feser is the go to. If you are somewhat comfortable, Gilson. Wayne J. Hankey is just a nice supplement.
>>18374534
You mean reading what far more intelligent men who knew the bible inside and out (Thomas had it memorised at the age of 14) had to say about Scripture.
Not to say that one shouldn't read scripture themselves, but please learn some humility.