Aquinas: Political Writings

, by Thomas Aquinas , Edited and translated by R. W. Dyson

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Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) is an extremely influential figure in the history of Western thought and the Catholic church. In this major addition to the Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought series, Robert Dyson has translated texts by Aquinas that reflect the complete range of his thinking, and clearly show his development of a Christian version of the philosophy of Aristotle. His translations are supported by brief biographies, notes for further reading and a concise critical introduction.

Preface

Abbreviations

xvi

Introduction

xvii

A brief chronology of St Thomas's life

xxxvii

Bibliography

xxxviii

Government and politics

(56)

Summa theologiae Ia 96: Concerning the dominion which belonged to man in the state of innocence

(4)

Whether men were equal in the state of innocence

(2)

Whether in the state of innocence man would have had dominion over man

(2)

The treatise `De regimine principum' or `De regno'

(47)

Preface

(1)

Book I

(40)

Book II

(7)

Summa theologiae IaIIae 105:1: Concerning the reason for the judicial precepts [of the Old Testament]

(5)

Whether the old law enjoined suitable precepts concerning rulers

(5)

Obedience

(19)

Summa theologiae IIaIIae 104: On obedience

(15)

Whether one man is bound to obey another

(2)

Whether obedience is a specific virtue

(4)

Whether obedience is the greatest of the virtues

(3)

Whether God is to be obeyed in all things

(2)

Whether subjects are bound to obey their superiors in all things

(2)

Whether Christians are bound to obey the secular powers

(2)

Scripta super libros sententiarum II, Dist. 44, quaest. 2

(4)

Whether Christians are bound to obey the secular powers, and tyrants in particular

(4)

Law

(82)

Summa theologiae IaIIae 90: The essence of law

(7)

Whether law is something belonging to reason

(2)

Whether law is always directed to the common good

(2)

Whether the reason of anyone whatsoever can make laws

(2)

Whether promulgation is essential to law

(1)

Summa theologiae IaIIae 91: The various kinds of law

(12)

Whether there is an eternal law

(2)

Whether there is a natural law in us

(2)

Whether there is a human law

(2)

Whether it was necessary for there to be a Divine law

(2)

Whether there is only one Divine law

(2)

Whether there is a `law of lust' [lex fomitis]

(2)

Summa theologiae IaIIae 92: The effects of law

(6)

Whether it is an effect of law to make men good

(3)

Whether the functions of law are properly described [as commanding, prohibiting, permitting and punishing]

(2)

Summa theologiae IaIIae 93: The eternal law

101

(13)

Whether the eternal law is supreme reason existing in God

101

(2)

Whether the eternal law is known to all men

103

(2)

Whether every law is derived from the eternal law

105

(2)

Whether necessary and eternal things are subject to the eternal law

107

(2)

Whether natural contingents are subject to the eternal law

109

(2)

Whether all human affairs are subject to the eternal law

111

(3)

Summa theologiae IaIIae 94: The natural law

114

(12)

Whether the natural law is a habit

114

(2)

Whether the natural law contains several precepts, or only one

116

(2)

Whether all acts of virtue are prescribed by the natural law

118

(2)

Whether the natural law is the same in all men

120

(3)

Whether the natural law can be changed

123

(2)

Whether the law of nature can be abolished from the heart of man

125

(1)

Summa theologiae IaIIae 95: Human law considered in itself

126

(11)

Whether it was useful for certain laws to be established by men

126

(3)

Whether every human law is derived from the natural law

129

(2)

Whether Isidore's description of the quality of positive law is appropriate

131

(2)

Whether Isidore's division of human laws is appropriate

133

(4)

Summa theologiae IaIIae 96: Of the power of human law

137

(12)

Whether human law should be framed for the community rather than the individual

137

(2)

Whether it belongs to human law to restrain all vices

139

(2)

Whether human law prescribes all acts of virtue

141

(2)

Whether human law binds a man in the court of conscience

143

(2)

Whether all men are subject to the law

145

(2)

Whether one who is subject to a law may go beyond the letter of the law

147

(2)

Summa theologiae IaIIae 97: Of change in the laws

149

(9)

Whether human law should be changed in any way

149

(2)

Whether human law should always be changed when something better arises

151

(2)

Whether custom can obtain the force of law

153

(2)

Whether the rulers of a community can dispense from human laws

155

(3)

Right, justice and judgment

158

(47)

Summa theologiae IIaIIae 57: On right

158

(10)

Whether right [ius] is the object of justice [iustitia]

158

(3)

Whether right is suitably divided into natural right and positive right

161

(2)

Whether the `right of nations' [ius gentium] is the same as natural right [ius naturale]

163

(2)

Whether paternal right and dominative right should be regarded as different species of right

165

(3)

Summa theologiae IIaIIae 58: On justice

168

(24)

Whether justice is suitably defined as `a constant and perpetual will to render to each his right'

168

(3)

Whether justice is always towards another

171

(2)

Whether justice is a virtue

173

(2)

Whether justice is in the will as its subject

175

(1)

Whether justice is a general virtue

176

(2)

Whether justice, insofar as it is a general virtue, is the same in essence as all virtue

178

(3)

Whether there is a particular justice as well as general [i.e. `legal'] justice

181

(2)

Whether particular justice has a specific field of concern

183

(1)

Whether justice is concerned with the passions

184

(3)

Whether the mean of justice is an objective mean [medium rei]

187

(2)

Whether the act of justice is to render to each his own

189

(1)

Whether justice is pre-eminent among the moral virtues

190

(2)

Summa theologiae IIaIIae 60: On judgment

192

(13)

Whether judgment is an act of justice

192

(2)

Whether it is lawful to judge

194

(2)

Whether it is unlawful to judge on the basis of suspicion

196

(2)

Whether doubts should receive the more favourable interpretation

198

(2)

Whether we ought always to judge according to the written law

200

(2)

Whether judgment is rendered wrongful by usurpation

202

(3)

Property relations

205

(34)

Summa theologiae IIaIIae 66: On theft and robbery

205

(15)

Whether it is natural for man to possess external things

205

(2)

Whether it is lawful for anyone to possess something as his own

207

(2)

Whether the nature of theft lies in taking someone else's property secretly

209

(1)

Whether theft and robbery are sins of different species

210

(2)

Whether theft is always a sin

212

(2)

Whether theft is a mortal sin

214

(2)

Whether it is lawful to steal by reason of necessity

216

(1)

Whether robbery may be committed without sin

217

(2)

Whether theft is a more grievous sin than robbery

219

(1)

Summa theologiae IIaIIae 78: On the sin of usury

220

(13)

Whether it is a sin to take usury for a loan of money

220

(5)

Whether one may ask for some other kind of consideration for a loan of money

225

(4)

Whether someone is bound to restore whatever profits he has made out of money lent upon usury

229

(2)

Whether it is lawful to borrow money upon usury

231

(2)

The letter to the Duchess of Brabant `On the government of Jews'

233

(6)

War, sedition and killing

239

(28)

Summa theologiae IIaIIae 40: On war

239

(8)

Whether it is always a sin to wage war

239

(3)

Whether it is lawful for clerics and bishops to fight

242

(3)

Whether it is lawful to make use of ambushes in war

245

(1)

Whether it is lawful to fight on holy days

246

(1)

Summa theologiae IIaIIae 42: On sedition

247

(4)

Whether sedition is a specific sin distinct from others

247

(2)

Whether sedition is always a mortal sin

249

(2)

Summa theologiae IIaIIae 64: On homicide

251

(16)

Whether it is unlawful to kill any living thing

251

(2)

Whether it is lawful to kill sinners

253

(2)

Whether it is lawful for a private person to kill a man who has sinned

255

(1)

Whether it is lawful for clerics to kill malefactors

256

(2)

Whether it is lawful for someone to slay himself

258

(3)

Whether it is lawful to kill the innocent

261

(1)

Whether it is lawful to kill someone in self-defence

262

(3)

Whether one incurs the guilt of homicide through slaying a man by chance

265

(2)

Religion and politics

267

(12)

Summa theologiae IIaIIae 10: On relations with unbelievers

267

(7)

Whether unbelievers ought to be coerced into the faith

267

(3)

Whether unbelievers may have authority or dominion over the faithful

270

(2)

Whether the rites of unbelievers ought to be tolerated

272

(2)

Summa theologiae IIaIIae 11: On heresy

274

(3)

Whether heretics ought to be tolerated

274

(2)

Summa theologiae IIaIIae 12: On apostasy

276

(1)

Whether a prince forfeits his dominion over his subjects by reason of his apostasy from the faith, so that they are no longer bound to obey him

276

(1)

Scripta super libros sententiarum 11, Dist. 44, quaest. 3

277

(2)

On spiritual and temporal power

277

(2)

Biographical glossary

279

(18)

Index

297

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