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Summa Contra Gentiles is one of the two great works of Saint Thomas Aquinas, the greatest of the Scholastics.
'''Summa Contra Gentiles''' is one of the two great works of Saint [[Thomas Aquinas]], the greatest of the [[Scholastics]].


The other one is the Summa Theologica ... a work that some of you that went to Catholic schools may be familiar with.
The other one is the [[Summa Theologica]], a work that people who attended Catholic schools may be familiar with.


== External Links ==
The Summa is online at www.newadvent.org/summa ... to my knowledge, there isnt an online copy of SCG.
* [http://www.newadvent.org/summa E-text of the Summa Theologica]

* [http://www.nd.edu/Departments/Maritain/etext/gc.htm E-text of the Summa Contra Gentiles] (translated version with some abridgement)
Aquinas was - and in my opinion still is - the pre-eminent Catholic theogian. If you've got a persona that would even be vaguely interested in such things, a brief look at the Summa on topics like Just War and Tournaments (at http://www.newadvent.org/summa/304001.htm) is probably in order.
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Anyone interested in Knighthood could do worse than have a look through the Second Part of the Second Part of the Summa, and see what Aquinas had to say about various virtues and vices.

Anton de Stoc 28/10/03

Latest revision as of 09:49, 10 November 2007

Summa Contra Gentiles is one of the two great works of Saint Thomas Aquinas, the greatest of the Scholastics.

The other one is the Summa Theologica, a work that people who attended Catholic schools may be familiar with.

External Links