Cursus Philosophicus Thomisticus, Secunda Pars Philosophiae Naturalis

John of St. Thomas

Cursus Philosophicus Thomisticus, Secunda Pars Philosophiae Naturalis

John of St. Thomas (1589–1644)

Secunda pars philosophiae naturalis (de ente mobili corruptibili) of the Cursus Philosophicus Thomisticus of John of St. Thomas (Joannes a Sancto Thoma), from the Reiser edition (Marietti, Turin, 1930), Reiser tomus II-II.

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Praefatio I: To the readers

Dedicatio I: Dedication

Sacred to the Divine Mother, illuminator of all wisdom, the best and greatest Virgin.

And to the throne of her sacred feet, the angel of heavenly doctrine, the most faithful interpreter of the divine will, the most splendid champion of the faith, the unconquerable shield of the Church,

To St. Thomas Aquinas, who irradiates all philosophy.

He gave me true knowledge of the things that are, so that I might know the arrangement of the earth and the powers of the elements.

Prooemium I: Proem

Liber I: On Book One of Generation and Corruption

Quaestio I: On substantial generation

Articulus I: What generation in general is, and what the proper generation of living things is

Articulus II: By what principles philosophy establishes that substantial generation exists

Articulus III: In what action and change substantial generation consists

Articulus IV: What the formal term of substantial generation is, and what its adequate term is

Articulus V: What the subject of generation is, and how it is distinct from creation

Articulus VI: Whether in substantial generation every form is resolved as far as prime matter

Articulus VII: How the ultimate disposition is caused, or causes, substantial generation

Quaestio II: On corruption

Articulus I: How corruption differs, as a kind of change, from generation and annihilation

Articulus II: Whether corruption and generation are the same action, by reason of which the generation of one is the corruption of another

Articulus III: Whether corruption is natural and intended per se by nature

Quaestio III: On alteration in general

Articulus I: What alteration is and how many kinds it has

Articulus II: To which species of quality alteration is given per se

Articulus III: Whether alteration is one continuous motion

Quaestio IV: On intensification and remission

Articulus I: What intensification and remission are, and in which forms they are found

Articulus II: Whether intensification occurs through the addition of degree to degree or through greater rooting in the subject

Articulus III: The arguments against the proposed position are resolved

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