The title of this book calls to mind the colloquium, organised from May 16 to May 19, 1974, in Louvain, by the Institute of Medieval Studies, in collaboration with the Higher Institute of Philosophy and the Faculty of Theology, on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the death of St Thomas. The book tries to approach the historical context of Aquinas's thought; it endeavours to understand the thinking of St Thomas against his socio-cultural background and to bring to light his attitudes and his reactions to the problems of his time.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Chapter I
Aquinas and the occidental World
Genicot Léopold, Le De Regno: spéculation ou réalisme?
Harding Alan, The Reflection of Thirteenth-Century Legal Growth in Saint Thoma's Writings
Swiezawski Stefan, Quelques déformations de la pensée de St. Thomas dans la tradition thomiste
Chapter II
Aquinas and the Jews
Broadie Alexander, Medieval Jewry through the Eyes of Aquinas
Eckert Willehad Paul, Theologie und Rechtsprechung hinsichtlich der Juden im 13. Jh
Bertola Ermenegildo, Mosé Maimonide e Tommaso d'Aquino di fronte alla prova razionale della esistenza di Dio
Blumenkranz Bernhard, Le De regimine Judaeorum: ses modèles, son exemple
Pinès Shlomo, Saint Thomas et la pensée juive médiévale: quelques notations
Sermoneta Josef, Pour une histoire du thomisme juif
Chapter III
Aquinas and the Islamic World
Gardet Louis, La connaissance que Thomas d'Aquin put avoir du monde islamique
Van Riet Simone, La Somme contre les Gentils et la polémique islamo-chrétienne
Gomez Nogales Salvador, Saint Thomas, Averroes et l'averroisme
Chapter IV
Aquinas as Theologian and Philosopher
Walgrave J.H., The Use of Philosophy in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas
Verbeke Gerard, Man as a 'Frontier' according to Aquinas
Index nominum propriorum
