Thomas Aquinas: Faith and Reason

Thomas Aquinas is one of the most influential figures in the history of Western philosophy, religion, and civic life. On nearly everything he writes about -- virtue, passions, law, love, God, justice, reason, evil, and much else -- he has something illuminating to say. This course constitutes an extended engagement with Thomas's thought, primarily through attention to his Summa theologiae. Students will seek to understand Thomas both on his own terms and as a resource for contemporary efforts to understand and engage philosophy and civic life.