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When Leo XIII promulgated Aeterni Patris in 1879, he stipulated
that the "Leonine," or official, edition of the Summa should always
be printed in conjunction with Cajetan's Commentary. For five
hundred years they were studied together. Generations were trained
by reading through the Summa article by article with Cajetan's
commentaries in hand. Early printed editions of the Summa typically
included them in a Talmudic arrangement, as marginal text running
around each article by Aquinas. This edition imitates that example.
Recently, serious thinkers of all denominations—and none—have
found new reasons to be interested in St. Thomas. His text is
deceptively simple, yet important issues are handled in every
article, sometimes below the surface. Cajetan extracts these hidden
issues, and explains and elaborates on them with remarkable
affinity to modern analytical philosophy. Part of that affinity
lies in the use of modal logic, a tool whose importance was
overlooked between the Renaissance and the twentieth century. The
time is ripe for an analytically-inspired translation of Thomas:
hence this volume. Never until now has Cajetan's Commentary been
put into English in its entirety. William Marshner's translation is
consistent with fidelity to the technical force of the original.
The translator's footnotes acknowledge what empirical science has
made obsolete in the work of St. Thomas, and also make clear how
much today's science would have saved Thomas useless labor. This
volume will, for the first time, make Cajetan's help available to
the modern reader.
Duquesne Studies Philosophical Series No. 4.
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