Summa Theologica - 06 Pars Prima Secundae, On the Last End, On Human Acts: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Summa Theologica - 06 Pars Prima Secundae, On the Last End, On Human Acts, credited to Saint Thomas Aquinas, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Summa Theologica - 06 Pars Prima Secundae, On the Last End, On Human Acts by Saint Thomas Aquinas. (Translated by The Fathers of the English Dominican Province.) The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written between 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas, even though it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners and a compilation of all of the main theological teachings of that time. It summarizes the reasoning for almost all points of Christian theology in the West, which, before the Protestant Reformation, subsisted solely in the Roman Catholic Church. The Summa's topics follow a cycle: the existence of God, God's creation, Man, Man's purpose, Christ, the Sacraments, and back to God. (Summary by Leni) This is part seven, the first part of the Pars Prima Secundae, consisting of the Treatises on the Last End and on Human Acts.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Summa Theologica - 06 Pars Prima Secundae, On the Last End, On Human Acts
• Author credits: Saint Thomas Aquinas
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 12:20:15

Catalogue topics

• philosophy
• Christianity
• Catholic
• theology

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 01 - Preface and Question 1 - OF MAN'S LAST END (In Eight Articles) — 40:54
2. 02 - Question 2 - OF THOSE THINGS IN WHICH MAN'S HAPPINESS CONSISTS (In Eight Articles) — 31:17
3. 03 - Question 3 - WHAT IS HAPPINESS (In Eight Articles), part 1 — 29:04
4. 04 - Question 3 - WHAT IS HAPPINESS (In Eight Articles), part 2 — 17:31
5. 05 - Question 4 - OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR HAPPINESS (In Eight Articles) — 37:17
6. 06 - Question 5 - OF THE ATTAINMENT OF HAPPINESS (In Eight Articles) — 45:01
7. 07 - Question 6 - OF THE VOLUNTARY AND THE INVOLUNTARY (In Eight Articles), part 1 — 24:01
8. 08 - Question 6 - OF THE VOLUNTARY AND THE INVOLUNTARY (In Eight Articles), part 2 — 21:37
9. 09 - Question 7 - OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HUMAN ACTS (In Four Articles) — 24:18
10. 10 - Question 8 - OF THE WILL, IN REGARD TO WHAT IT WILLS (In Three Articles) — 19:14
11. 11 - Question 9 - OF THAT WHICH MOVES THE WILL (In Six Articles) — 36:21
12. 12 - Question 10 - OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE WILL IS MOVED (In Four Articles) — 26:01
13. 13 - Question 11 - OF ENJOYMENT, WHICH IS AN ACT OF THE WILL (In Four Articles) — 22:02
14. 14 - Question 12 - OF INTENTION (In Five Articles) — 25:05
15. 15 - Question 13 - OF CHOICE, WHICH IS AN ACT OF THE WILL WITH REGARD TO THE MEANS (In Six Articles) — 28:55
16. 16 - Question 14 - OF COUNSEL, WHICH PRECEDES CHOICE (In Six Articles) — 25:16
17. 17 - Question 15 - OF CONSENT, WHICH IS AN ACT OF THE WILL IN REGARD TO THE MEANS (In Four Articles) — 17:10
18. 18 - Question 16 - OF USE, WHICH IS AN ACT OF THE WILL IN REGARD TO THE MEANS (In Four Articles) — 15:58
19. 19 - Question 17 - OF THE ACTS COMMANDED BY THE WILL (In Nine Articles), part 1 — 17:40
20. 20 - Question 17 - OF THE ACTS COMMANDED BY THE WILL (In Nine Articles), part 2 — 23:39
21. 21 - Question 18 - OF THE GOOD AND EVIL OF HUMAN ACTS, IN GENERAL (In Eleven Articles), part 1 — 27:01
22. 22 - Question 18 - OF THE GOOD AND EVIL OF HUMAN ACTS, IN GENERAL (In Eleven Articles), part 2 — 36:11
23. 23 - Question 19 - OF THE GOODNESS AND MALICE OF THE INTERIOR ACT OF THE WILL (In Ten Articles), part 1 — 56:45
24. 24 - Question 19 - OF THE GOODNESS AND MALICE OF THE INTERIOR ACT OF THE WILL (In Ten Articles), part 2 — 35:19

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