ST 821 - Aquinas and the Masters of the Medieval University 

Course Description: Thomas Aquinas lived and worked in the midst of an intellectual revolution resulting from the diffusion of the philosophy of Aristotle. The immediate context of this transformation was the medieval university, particularly the University of Paris. This seminar will consider selected elements of Aquinas’s thought as they emerged in debate within that setting. Topics will be selected by the professor; readings will include texts not only of Aquinas, but of other university masters as well.  

Resources for students: online sources for medieval texts: 

Index Librorum Scholasticorum: https://www.colorado.edu/project/provisionalia/

Internet Archive: https://archive.org 

The Post-Reformation Digital Library: https://www.prdl.org 

Scholasticon: https://scholasticon.msh-lse.fr/index_fr.php