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Lewis's advice for students that the primary sources they so fear are really quite approachable, and usually more comprehensible than their commentators), with Kreeft along to smooth the rough places. The actual words of the Angelic Doctor are front and center (we presume that Kreeft agrees with C.S. In this guide, Kreeft has selected key passages and provided detailed but non-technical notes and explanations, college-professor style. A scholar who teaches at Boston College, Kreeft doesn't know how to write an unclear sentence, and instinctively knows the difficulties in Aquinas and how to clarify them. Notes: If you are daunted by the size and nearly numinous aura of the Summa, let Peter Kreeft hold your hand and lead you into and through it. 165 p.Ī Shorter Summa: the Essential Philosophical Passages of Saint Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica (Paper Back) Pub. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica Edited and Explained for Beginners (Trade paperback) Pub. Shorter Summa: The Essential Philosophical Passages of St. Date: 1993ĭotcom liquidators / dc1 Fort Worth, TX, USA We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!Ī Shorter Summa: the Essential Philosophical Passages of Saint Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica (Pb) (Trade paperback) Pub.

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