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  <title><![CDATA[Summa Theologica (5 Vols.)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Thomas Aquinas' best-known work is the Summa Theologica. As the title indicates, the Summa is a &quot;summing up&quot; of all that can be known about Christian theology.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1274</original_publication_year>
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  <date_added>Fri Apr 27 12:26:59 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I got this as a christmas present. I liked it, but a LOT of the theology is simply outdated for our modern world. I have not read the entire thing of course, I just look up sections now and again.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this in Dr. John David Ramsey's Saint Thomas Aquinas class my senior year at Hampden-Sydney.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="17347012">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[everyone, especially my friends with their toes constantly in the Tiber.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 1996</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 08 19:36:40 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 08 19:39:57 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[As with most works of this length and breadth, you're better off reading it in the original Latin, even if it means you have to (and I confess I had to) keep an unabridged Latin-English dictionary nearby, and not merely for when you get bogged down with the ethical dative. With that said, Aquinas go...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17347012">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Apr 01 20:29:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 08 06:47:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I only read a very small portion in conjunction with The Great Ideas Program.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="55817692">
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Sep 02 12:18:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Audiobook from Librivox of the first 26 questions.  <br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://librivox.org/summa-theologica-prima-pars-questions-1-26-by-thomas-aquinas/" title="http://librivox.org/summa-theologica-prima-pars-questions-1-26-by-thomas-aquinas/">http://librivox.org/summa-theologica-pri...</a><br/><br/>Well, now I'm onto the second set of librivox renditions.  Just finished Question 37 I think.  Jim Ruddy's narration is quite good, especially considering that everything from libriv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55817692">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="30723724">
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  <date_added>Wed Aug 20 17:24:56 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 20 17:24:56 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I cannot say that I am a Thomist or that I even agree with much of what Aquinas had to say, I feel that the “Summa Theologica” is a great contribution to the literature. It is very interesting to me that such an erudite work was developed as a beginner’s manual—covering main theolog...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30723724">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18584062">
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    <name><![CDATA[C.]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 25 08:23:30 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 25 08:25:09 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great reference on the study of man using the R.C. lens. Much of what Aquinas identifies back then remains current and relevant to this day. A bit 'heavy,' not for the casual reader. ]]></body>
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    <review id="36286857">
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  <date_added>Mon Oct 27 00:57:20 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[St. Thomas Aquinas is one of the greatest philosophers I have read.  His structured writing and rational methodology will do incredible things to your mind.]]></body>
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    <review id="11487948">
    <user id="722615">
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  <date_added>Wed Jan 02 17:11:02 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 02 17:12:09 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yes, I fell asleep on Vol 3 in the UC Davis library, and drooled on book 24.<br/>Still, vital to understanding theological/philosophical developments of the era.]]></body>
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    <review id="23955568">
    <user id="118688">
    <name><![CDATA[Dustin]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sat Jun 07 18:12:58 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jun 07 18:14:31 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read large chunks of this for school. It was surprisingly easy to read and made for some good discussions but not exacly pleasure reading....]]></body>
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    <review id="17762813">
    <user id="993502">
    <name><![CDATA[Nelson]]></name>
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  <date_added>Fri Mar 14 14:15:32 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 14 14:15:59 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[ugh, was this hard to get through. but it's important to read i felt]]></body>
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    <review id="30024791">
    <user id="1422620">
    <name><![CDATA[Mark]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Aug 13 06:58:53 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 13 06:58:53 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Do I really need to review this? Read this continually.]]></body>
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    <review id="4148028">
    <user id="257318">
    <name><![CDATA[Murray]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Aug 06 08:29:22 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Arf arf arf! Arf arf arf arf! Arf arf? Arf arf? Arf arf!!!!]]></body>
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    <review id="20906601">
    <user id="1105393">
    <name><![CDATA[Nate]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have been using this for reference in my studies.]]></body>
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    <review id="9987124">
    <user id="40140">
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    <body><![CDATA[I haven't read the whole thing; I'm no sucker.]]></body>
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    <review id="21829922">
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  <read_at>Wed May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm always reading and checking this book. ]]></body>
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    <review id="67617981">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Haven't actually read all of it, but most of it, and its free on-line.  Archaic to read, of course, but the use of logic and reason is fantastic.  He beat Newton by 400 years on at least one of the Laws of Physics, and described the notions of potential vs kinetic energy.]]></body>
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    <review id="3692026">
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  <date_added>Sat Jul 28 01:09:10 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[*essential*]]></body>
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