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
Course Content
Lesson 1: The Science of Theology
Lesson 2: The Principle of Non-Contradiction
Lesson 3: Argument and Dialectic
Lesson 4: Being and Metaphysics
Lesson 5: Act and Potency
Lesson 6: Form and Matter
Lesson 7: Essence and Existence
Lesson 8: The Real Distinction
Lesson 9: Universals and Particulars, Genus and Species
Lesson 10: Nature and Natures
Lesson 11: Substance and Accidents
Lesson 12: The Four Causes
Lesson 13: Teleology
Lesson 14: Intro to Primary and Secondary Causality
Lesson 15: Analogy
Lesson 16: The Three Acts of the Mind
Lesson 17: Opinion, Doubt, Knowledge, and Belief
Lesson 18: Moderate Realism
Lesson 19: Good and Evil
Lesson 20: Powers of the Soul: A First Look
Lesson 21: Habits: A First Look
Instructors
Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.Rector Magnificus, Pontifical University of St. Thomas (Angelicum)
Fr. James Brent, O.P.Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Dominican House of Studies
Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P.Director, Thomistic Institute.
Associate Professor of Dogmatic Theology, Dominican House of Studies.
Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.Assistant Director of Campus Outreach, Thomistic Institute.
Adjunct Professor, Dominican House of Studies.
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