METAPHYSICS I
The last philosophical science to be tackled in the traditional order of learning is the science of metaphysics. This most difficult and most noble philosophical science studies not only the first principles of thought and all of created reality, but also the uncreated first Cause, namely, God Himself. In this course we shall endeavor to follow in the footsteps of the two greatest metaphysical masters of all time, Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas.
THIS COURSE HAS CONCLUDED. THE FOLLOWING LESSONS ARE PRE-RECORDED VIDEOS FROM THE LATE FALL OF 2021.
Required Texts:
Aristotle's Metaphysics
St. Thomas Aquinas's On Being and Essence.
Please note that Aristotle's Metaphysics can be found online at: http://classics.mit.edu/
Likewise St. Thomas's On Being and Essence can be found online at: https://isidore.co/
(Please note that the paragraph numbers listed below for St. Thomas's On Being and Essence are taken from this online translation)
Suggested Secondary Texts:
Etienne Gilson's Christian Philosophy: An Introduction
Josef Pieper's The Silence of St. Thomas.
Reading Requirements:
Week 1 - Aristotle's Metaphysics, Bk. 1, chaps. 1-2; Bk. 2, chaps. 1-3.
Week 2 - Aristotle's Metaphysics, Bk. 4, chaps. 1-4
Week 3 - Aristotle's Metaphysics, Bk. 5, chaps. 1-2
Week 4 - St. Thomas's On Being and Essence, #s 1-65
Week 5 - St. Thomas's On Being and Essence, #s 66-87
Week 6 - St. Thomas's On Being and Essence, #s 88-98
Week 7 - St. Thomas's Summa theologiae, I, q. 44, articles 1-4
Week 8 - St. Thomas's On Being and Essence, #s 99-113
Course Content
Week One
Week Two
Week Three
Week Four
Week Five
Week Six
Week Seven
Week Eight
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