Detailed Syllabus, part 2 of 2

 

  

DETAILED COURSE SYLLABUS

CCA = The Cambridge Companion to Aquinas

PM = Past Masters Database available via the Marquette library

Both of these resources are available via Marqcat.


#1: 01/19 TUIntroduction to the course and its objectives.

(i) Student thoughts on Thomas Aquinas; (ii) Information Sheet;

(iii) Goals of the Course;  (iv) Details of the Syllabus.


Epistemology and Philosophical Psychology:


#2: 01/21 TH Greek, Arabic and Latin philosophical context for the development of the

thought of Aquinas.

Readings: (a) Aristotle, De Anima 3.4-5; (b) Handout on Greek

Background to Medieval Philosophy; (c) CCA chapters 1-2 by Aertsen

and Owens; (d) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

“Saint Thomas Aquinas,” (recommended: “Saint Augustine,”

“Condemnation of 1277” and  “Medieval Philosophy”) at

http://plato.stanford.edu/


#3:01/26 TU &Aquinas’s first engagement with the philosophical tradition on knowledge

#4: 01/28 THand intellect: In 2 Sent. d. 17, q.2, a.1

Readings: (a) translation of In 2 Sent. d. 17, q.2, a.1 (emailed to you); (b)

CCA chapter 3 by Burrell.

Recommended: Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy available via MU

library: ”Islamic philosophy,” “Islamic philosophy: transmission into

Western Europe,” other recommendations TBA on the course website.


====> 6:30 - ? FRIDAY JANUARY 29: “Aquinas and the Arabs” Feast with Italian and Arabic food at the home of Prof. Taylor.  This counts as a class meeting as well as a social event since we will be discussing projects and work on the importance of Arabic thought in the works of Aquinas.



#5: 02/02 TUWe will complete discussion of In 2 Sent. d. 17, q.2, a.1 and look carefully at portions of In 1 Sent d. 8. q. 5, a. 2 Utrum anima sit simplex. Whether the soul is simple. We will use the translation of this by E. M. Macierowski in Thomas Aquinas's Earliest Treatment of the Divine Essence (Binghamton. 1998) pp.111-122.


Thursday Feb 4:Quaestiones disputatae de anima / Questions on the Soul, Questions 1-5

Readings: (a) Introduction in Questions on the Soul, Robb, tr. 1-5; 

(b) Questions 1-5; (c) CCA chapters 5-6

Recommended: see course website 

Student presentation 1 MICHAEL ANDERSON: Questio 2. Vtrum

anima humana sit separata secundum esse a corpore? “Whether the

human soul is separate in being from the body.” 

Student presentation #1 ALEX BOZZO: Questio 5. Vtrum intellectus

agens sit unus et separatus? “Whether the agent intellect is one and

separate.” (02/02)


Tuesday Feb 9:Summa theologiae, prima pars, Questions 76-78

Readings: (a) Q.76, a.1-4; Q.77, a.1-6; Q.78. a.1, 3,4.

(b) required secondary literature, TBA via the course website;

( c) recommended readings, TBA via the course website.

Student presentation #3 MATT PETERS: Q.77, a.6: Whether the powers

of the soul flow from its essence. 

Student presentation #4 STEPHEN SMITH: Q. 78, a. 4. Whether the

interior senses are suitably distinguished. 



#8: 02/11 TH&Summa theologiae, prima pars, Question 79 on the intellective powers.

#9: 02/16 TUReadings: (a) Q. 79, a.1-11.

(b) required secondary literature, TBA via the course website;

( c) recommended readings, TBA via the course website.

Student presentation #5 MATT ZDON: Q.79, a.2. Whether the intellect is

a passive power. (02/11)

Student presentation #6 MICHAEL ANDERSON: Q.79, a.5. Whether

there is one agent intellect for all human beings. (02/16)


#10: 02/18 TH,Summa theologiae, prima pars, Questions 84-86: intellectual knowing

Readings: (a) Q. 84, a.1-8; Q.85, a.1-8; Q.86, a.1-2.

(b) required secondary literature, TBA via the course website;

(c) recommended readings, TBA via the course website.

Student presentation #7 ALEX BOZZO: Q.84, a.6. Whether our soul

acquires intelligible cognition from sense. (02/18)


NOTE: NO CLASS 02/23 & 02/25. Instructor out of town for a conference.


#11: 03/02 TU &Summa theologiae, prima pars,

#12: 03/04Continuation of: Summa theologiae, prima pars, (a) Q. 84, a.1-8; Q.85,

a.1-8; Q.86, a.1-2.

Student presentation #8 MATT PETERS: Q.85, a.2. Whether intelligible

species abstracted from phantasms are related to our intellect as what one

understands or as that by which one understands. (03/02)

Student presentation #9 STEPHEN SMITH: Q.86, a.1. Whether our

intellect knows singulars. (03/04)



#13: 03/09 TUExam #1 (20%)


Metaphysics:


#14: 03/11 THAn early treatise on metaphysics: On Being and Essence.

Readings: (a) On Being and Essence, complete; 

(b) CCA chapter 4 by Wippel; other required secondary literature, TBA via

the course website; (c) recommended readings, TBA via the course

website.

Student presentation #10 MATT ZDON: Chapter 4: Essence as Found in

Separate Substances (03/11)


03/16 & 03/18SPRING BREAK. NO CLASSES.


#15: 03/23 TUSumma theologiae, prima pars, Questions 44 & 45: God and creation

Readings: (a) Q. 44, a.1-4; Q. 45, a.1-5 

(b) required secondary literature, TBA via the course website;

(c) recommended readings, TBA via the course website.

Student presentation #11 MICHAEL ANDERSON: Q. 45, a.5: Whether it

belongs to God alone to create (03/23)


#16: 03/25 TH Summa theologiae, prima pars, Question 50: composition in

immaterial substances

Readings: (a) Q. 50, a.1-2. 

(b) required secondary literature, TBA via the course website;

(c) recommended readings, TBA via the course website.

Student presentation #12 ALEX BOZZO: Q. 50, a.2: Whether an angel is

composed of matter and form (03/06)


#18: 03/30 TUSumma theologiae, prima pars, Questions 65-66: creation and material

reality. Readings: (a) Q.65, a.1-4; Q.66, a.1-4.

(b) required secondary literature, TBA via the course website;

(c) recommended readings, TBA via the course website.

Student presentation #13 MATT PETERS: Q. 65, a.3. Whether corporeal

reality is created by God through the mediation of angels. (03/25)


04/01 THNo class meeting: Easter holiday.


#19: 04/06 TUContinued discussion of Summa theologiae, prima pars, Questions 65-66.

Student presentation #14 STEPHEN SMITH: Analysis of the opening

                           proposition and commentary in Aquinas’s Commentary on the Liber de causis.


#20: 04/08 TH,Summa theologiae, prima pars, Questions 2 and 13: Demonstrating and

#21: 04/13 TU,naming God

#22: 04/15 THReadings: (a) Q.2, a.1-3; Q.13, a.1-5.

  1. (b)required secondary literature: Wippel, The Metaphysical Thought of Thomas Aquinas,

Part Three. (on ARES reserve).

Student presentation #15 MATT ZDON: Q. 13, a. 3. Whether some

names said of God are properly said of Him or all are attributed to Him

metaphorically. (04/15)


#23: 04/20 TUExam #2


#24: 04/22 TH            Exam #2 returned and discussed.

Student paper draft presentations of course paper 1 MICHAEL

ANDERSON


#25: 04/27 TUStudent paper draft presentations of course paper 2 ALEX BOZZO

& 3 MATT PETERS


#26: 04/29 THStudent paper draft presentations of course paper 4 STEPHEN SMITH &

5 MATT ZDON



Philosophy and religion:


#27: 05/04 TU,   Faith and Reason, Sacra doctrina and philosophy

#28: 05/06 THReadings: (a) Summa contra gentiles Book 1, ch. 1-12 (PM);

Expositio super librum Boethii De Trinitate, Q.1, a.1-3; Q2, a.1-4, Q3,

a.1-2, in Faith, Reason and Theology (PM); Summa theologiae, prima

pars, Question 1, a.1-10 (b) CCA  chapter 9 by Jordan;(c) recommended readings, TBA via the course website.


05/12 at 4 pm:Final Course paper in my mailbox and on www.turnitin.com.