An Aquinas Reader contains in one closely-knit volume representative selections that reflect every aspect of Aquinas's thought and philosophy. Edited by, Mary T. Clark, with an in-depth Introduction offering biographical data as well as an overview of Aquinas's development, the book also contains special topical introductions on each major area. This anthology, then, provides the general reader with an overall survey of one of the most outstanding thinkers of all, times, and reveals-through his writings the major influence he has had on many great thinkers throughout the ages.The Reader is divided into five sections: Reality (Metaphysics); God and the World; Man; Morality; and Religion. Selections from Aquinas's writings dealing with such perennial human concerns as existence, creation, God, love, knowledge, freedom, immortality, sin, ethics, law, politics and virtue are systematically presented within these major divisions.