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    Aquinas 101 - How to Think Like a Thomist: An Introduction to Thomistic Principles
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    How to Think Like a Thomist: An Introduction to Thomistic Principles
    21 lessonsEveryone needs some introduction to the basic vocabulary and concepts that St. Thomas Aquinas uses in his philosophical and theological works. These lessons will give you a basic confidence to navigate St. Thomas’s way of thinking and teaching. Terms like “act and potency,” “form and matter,” “efficient and final cause,” will become clearer, and prepare you to follow Aquinas on his many paths to the one Truth.
    What you will learn
    • A basic Thomistic vocabulary
    • The principle of non-contradiction
    • Understanding “what” things are
    • An intro to causality, or “why” things are
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    Course Content
    The Science of Theology
    Lesson 1: The Science of Theology
    The Principle of Non-Contradiction
    Lesson 2: The Principle of Non-Contradiction
    Argument and Dialectic
    Lesson 3: Argument and Dialectic
    Being and Metaphysics
    Lesson 4: Being and Metaphysics
    Act and Potency
    Lesson 5: Act and Potency
    Form and Matter
    Lesson 6: Form and Matter
    Essence and Existence
    Lesson 7: Essence and Existence
    The Real Distinction
    Lesson 8: The Real Distinction
    Universals and Particulars, Genus and Species
    Lesson 9: Universals and Particulars, Genus and Species
    Nature and Natures
    Lesson 10: Nature and Natures
    Substance and Accidents
    Lesson 11: Substance and Accidents
    The Four Causes
    Lesson 12: The Four Causes
    Teleology
    Lesson 13: Teleology
    Intro to Primary and Secondary Causality
    Lesson 14: Intro to Primary and Secondary Causality
    Analogy
    Lesson 15: Analogy
    The Three Acts of the Mind
    Lesson 16: The Three Acts of the Mind
    Opinion, Doubt, Knowledge, and Belief
    Lesson 17: Opinion, Doubt, Knowledge, and Belief
    Moderate Realism
    Lesson 18: Moderate Realism
    Good and Evil
    Lesson 19: Good and Evil
    Powers of the Soul: A First Look
    Lesson 20: Powers of the Soul: A First Look
    Habits: A First Look
    Lesson 21: Habits: A First Look
    Instructors
    Fr. Thomas Joseph  White, O.P.
    Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.Rector Magnificus, Pontifical University of St. Thomas (Angelicum)
    Fr. James  Brent, O.P.
    Fr. James Brent, O.P.Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Dominican House of Studies
    Fr. Dominic  Legge, O.P.
    Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.Director, Thomistic Institute. Associate Professor of Dogmatic Theology, Dominican House of Studies.
    Fr. Gregory  Pine, O.P.
    Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.Assistant Director of Campus Outreach, Thomistic Institute. Adjunct Professor, Dominican House of Studies.
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