Francisci Sylvii COMMENTARII IN TOTAM PRIMAM SECUNDAE S THOM AQUINATIS 1696 Antique Latin Commentary Saint Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica Classics Italian Dominican Friar Catholic Priest Doctor Angelicus Communis Scholasticism Aquino Lazio Italy Thomism Natural Law Western Theology Philosophy
Title: Francisci Sylvii a Brania Comitis, S. Theolog Doctoris in Academia Duacena Ibidemque Reii ac Ordinarii Professoris, & Insignis Ecclesiae S. Amati Can. & Dec. Eamque ob causam Universitatis Duacenae Vice-Cancellarii Commentarii in Totam Primam Secundae S. Thom. Aquinatis Doctoris Angelici et Communis.
Author: Franciscus Sylvius - Franciscus Sylvius, born Franz de le Boë, was a Dutch physician and scientist (chemist, physiologist and anatomist) who was an early champion of Descartes', Van Helmont's and William Harvey's work and theories. He was one of the earliest defenders of the theory of circulation of the blood in the Netherlands, and commonly falsely cited as the inventor of gin. , Thomas Aquinas - Thomas Aquinas, also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis. "Aquinas" is not a surname (hereditary surnames were not then in common use in Europe), but is a Latin adjective meaning "of Aquino", his place of birth. He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology, and the father of Thomism. His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern philosophy was conceived as a reaction against, or as an agreement with his ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law, metaphysics, and political theory.

Thomas is held in the Catholic Church to be the model teacher for those studying for the priesthood. The works for which he is best-known are the Summa Theologica and the Summa Contra Gentiles. As one of the 33 Doctors of the Church, he is considered the Church's greatest theologian and philosopher. Pope Benedict XV declared: "This (Dominican) Order ... acquired new luster when the Church declared the teaching of Thomas to be her own and that Doctor, honored with the special praises of the Pontiffs, the master and patron of Catholic schools."

He lectured on the Bible as an apprentice professor, and upon becoming a baccalaureus Sententiarum (bachelor of the Sentences) devoted his final three years of study to commenting on Peter Lombard's Sentences. In the first of his four theological syntheses, Thomas composed a massive commentary on the Sentences entitled Scriptum super libros Sententiarium (Commentary on the Sentences).



Publisher: Apud Viduam & Filium Joannis Baptistae Verdussen, sub signo duarum Ciconiarum
City: Antwerpiae
Year: 1696
Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 812 pages plus index
Width: 9.5" Height: 14.25"
Book Details: This is an antique commentary in Latin on the first part of the second part of Summa Theologica, the best-known work of Thomas Aquinas. Although unfinished, the Summa is "one of the classics of the history of philosophy and one of the most influential works of Western literature". It is intended as an instructional guide for theology students, including seminarians and the literate laity. The Summa has three parts and the second part has a first a second part.

Saint Thomas Aquinas OP (1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. He was an immensely influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism, within which he is also known as the Doctor Angelicus and the Doctor Communis. The name Aquinas identifies his ancestral origins in the county of Aquino in present-day Lazio, Italy.

He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology and the father of Thomism; of which he argued that reason is found in God. His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern philosophy developed or opposed his ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law, metaphysics, and political theory. Unlike many currents in the Church of the time, Thomas embraced several ideas put forward by Aristotle—whom he called "the Philosopher"—and attempted to synthesize Aristotelian philosophy with the principles of Christianity. His best-known works are the Disputed Questions on Truth (1256–59), the Summa contra Gentiles (1259–1265), and the Summa Theologiae (1265–1274). His commentaries on Scripture and on Aristotle also form an important part of his body of work. Furthermore, Thomas is distinguished for his eucharistic hymns, which form a part of the Church's liturgy. The Catholic Church honors Thomas Aquinas as a saint and regards him as the model teacher for those studying for the priesthood, and indeed the highest expression of both natural reason and speculative theology.

Condition / Notes: This antique volume shows well bound in leather boards with marbled end papers.

The book shows some age/wear externally concentrated at the extremities, including exterior rubbing and edgewear to the boards, lacking the leather of the spine cover exposing the raised bands. The binding is secure with cracked hinges and boards present and attached. The pages are bright with previous owner sketches and ink markings on preliminary pages and title page.

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