1. THOMAS AQUINAS ( )
DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY& THEOLOGY, NATURAL & SUPERNATURAL ENDS
A SYNTHESIS OF THE PLATONIC-AUGUSTINIAN & THE ARISTOTELIAN POINTS OF VIEW
PHILOSOPHY OF EXISTENCE: ESSENTIALLY REALIST & CONCRETE

2. THOMAS AQUINAS PRINCIPLES OF CREATED BEING
THE ONE & THE MANY, SUBSTANCE & ACCIDENTS
ARISTOTLE’S HYLEMORPHISM, ACT & POTENCY, PRIME MATTER AS PURE POTENTIALITY  REJECTS AUGUSTINE’S RATIONES SEMINALES & PLURALITY OF SUBSANTIAL FORMS IN THE COMPOSITE SUBSTANCE
RELATION OF EXISTENCE TO ESSENCE
IN THE HEART OF ALL FINITE BEING: CONTINGENCY/NON-NECESSITY GOD (NECESSARY BEING), SOURCE OF FINITE EXISTENCE

3. THOMAS AQUINAS PHIL. OF GOD: 5 WAYS TO GOD
ANSELM’S ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
5 WAYS TO GOD’S EXISTENCE: MOTION, EFFICIENT CAUSALITY, CONTINGENCY OF THE WORLD, DEGREES OF PERFECTION, FINAL CAUSALITY
CENTRALITY OF THE 3RD WAY OF PROVING THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
LOGICAL BASIS: PRINCIPLE OF SUFFICIENT REASON

4. THOMAS AQUINAS METAPHYSICS
ANALOGIA ENTIS: A WAY TO KNOW GOD’S NATURE AS A NECESSARY BEING; HOW CAN THE WORDS OF ANY HUMAN LANGUAGE BE AT ALL APPLICABLE TO THE DIVINE BEING
DIFFICULTY WITH ANALOGY OF BEING
DOCTRINE OF THE DIVINE IDEAS IN THE DIVINE INTELLIGENCE
NO REAL DISTINCTION IN DIVINE ATTRIBUTES

5. THOMAS AQUINAS METAPHYSICS
METAPYSICS OF PARTICIPATION
GOD: IPSE ESSE SUBSISTENS; ACTUS PURUS = EXISTENCE ITSELF
ALL CREATURES PARTICIPATE IN GOD’S EXISTENCE ACCORDING TO ITS LIMITED ESSENCE
CREATION OUT NOTHING
GOD’S FREE ACT OF CREATION OUT OF LOVE
GOD’S OMNIPOTENCE & PROBLEM OF EVIL

6. THOMAS AQUINAS EPISTEMOLOGY
CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIS EPISTEMOLOGY & HIS PHIL. OF MAN & PSYCHOLOGY
ORIGIN OF HUMAN IDEAS & KNOWLEDGE: AQUINAS’ EMPIRICISM
NO DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF PARTICULARS
THEORY OF ABSTRACTION
THEORY OF JUDGMENT

7. THOMAS AQUINAS ETHICS
NATURAL LAW ETHICS: (1) HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; (2) ARISTOTLE’S INFLUENCE; (3) BASIC IDEAS; (4) NATURAL LAW AS A MORAL LAW; (5) NATURAL LAW IN A CONCRETE SITUATION; (6) NATURAL LAW & THEONOMIC ETHICS; (6) NATURAL LAW & HUMAN RIGHTS; (7) EVALUATION
ETHICS OF VIRTUE

8. THOMAS AQUINAS POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
ARISTOTLE’S INFLUENCE: A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BTW ETHICS & POLITICS; THE STATE IS NEEDED IS NEEDED BY HUMAN NATURE
RELIGION & STATE
INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN & STATE
MEANING, TYPE, AND FUNCTION OF LAW
VARIOUS TYPES OF GOVERNMENT