The binding is weak or defective. Volume one’s front cover detached almost immediately and now volume two is starting to go. This is with 15 minutes of reading in each volume on a rotating basis, one volume a day, for the past 3 months. I was hoping to get through the Summa in 5 years, but at this rate they will be individual pages by then! At least I won’t have to lug around the whole volume for my daily readings; )
I fairness, I have read sitting with the volume at 45 degrees on my lap which probably torques the binding more than sitting at a table.
I plan to study book binding and perhaps bind them in leather so they will be an heirloom, or maybe just pray and meditate on his words more.
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St. Thomas Aquinas's Life's Work
The Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas is a classic of western philosophy and one of the most influential works of theology ever written. As the title indicates, this monumental work is a summing up of all that can be known about God and humanity's relations with God.
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The binding is weak or defective. Volume one’s front cover detached almost immediately and now volume two is starting to go. This is with 15 minutes of reading in each volume on a rotating basis, one volume a day, for the past 3 months. I was hoping to get through the Summa in 5 years, but at this rate they will be individual pages by then! At least I won’t have to lug around the whole volume for my daily readings; ) I fairness, I have read sitting with the volume at 45 degrees on my lap which probably torques the binding more than sitting at a table. I plan to study book binding and perhaps bind them in leather so they will be an heirloom, or maybe just pray and meditate on his words more.
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- Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2022
The binding is weak or defective. Volume one’s front cover detached almost immediately and now volume two is starting to go. This is with 15 minutes of reading in each volume on a rotating basis, one volume a day, for the past 3 months. I was hoping to get through the Summa in 5 years, but at this rate they will be individual pages by then! At least I won’t have to lug around the whole volume for my daily readings; )
This is the most important work of philosophy ever written.
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2022
I fairness, I have read sitting with the volume at 45 degrees on my lap which probably torques the binding more than sitting at a table.
I plan to study book binding and perhaps bind them in leather so they will be an heirloom, or maybe just pray and meditate on his words more.
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- Marc J RatuszReviewed in Canada on December 10, 2016
The greatest work of true, Traditional Roman Catholicism.
- Pavan Teja JastiReviewed in India on September 14, 2020
Ah, Brother Thomas, where to begin
Ah, Brother Thomas, where to begin? I read the concise translation, which was elegantly written and (naturally) concise, it was given to me by my late spiritual director...Pavan Teja JastiAh, Brother Thomas, where to begin
Reviewed in India on September 14, 2020
The printed version costs 244.88 $ close to 17,500 Indian Rs which is not actually much considering that most college textbooks these days can cost up to twice that much – if not more. The Kindle edition, on the other hand, costs 99 cents. Yes, it costs less than a dollar. (Infact I had it in my kindle for a very long time) However, it wasn’t the price that made me buy it and read it, it was the convenience of electronic form, which made it incredibly portable and accessible. Over the years I would be reading Summa on my Kindle, Tab, Phone and in all sorts of common and unlikely places – my desk, my bed, while waiting for my haircut, while waiting for the plane to take off, on the, while listening to a boring lecture, and sometimes even while waiting for the light to turn green at the traffic stop. (I know, I know.)
Summa is not an easy read by any stretch of imagination. It is a densely argued treatise on almost all topics of Christian theology. It is also written in terms of concepts and categories derived form Aristotelian and Medieval philosophy, which are largely unfamiliar to the modern readers. Reading it can oftentimes feel like going through a large advanced mathematics textbook, with all the proofs and carefully precise reasoning that this entails. I knew all of this fully well before taking this plunge, but it did not deter me. I can’t say that I carefully thought out all the arguments that were laid out, and probably not much of it stuck with me in the end. However, at the end of it all I believe it was a more than worthwhile endeavor.
First of all, it made me renew and deepen my appreciation for Thomistic Theology. It reminded me of the old saw that the Catholic Church is much bigger from within than form without. Catholic Theology is a vast repository of knowledge and insight that is well worth exploring throughout your whole lifetime.
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- Andrew KellyReviewed in the United Kingdom on November 10, 2016
Ignore all others ... this is the set needed by the serious student
(NOTE - Ignore the reviewer talking about the binding being over the words... This is not present in any of the 5 books of my set. Maybe this related to a bad batch or previous print run, but this is most certainly NOT the issue now)Andrew KellyIgnore all others ... this is the set needed by the serious student
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 10, 2016
This is the most impressive set I've seen of the entire Summa. Despite the amount of use these are going to get, the excellent quality hardback binding will probably outlive me. The print quality is excellent despite the need to squeeze in as much text as possible within each column... other versions are hard to read due to this constraint but these are easy on the eyes in comparison.
It was a gamble to spend that much without seeing it first... but it's a gamble that paid off as its a cracking collection. Now I just need to make space on the shelf to do it justice!
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- NicholasReviewed in Australia on July 23, 2021
Didn't receive all the volumes!
Although my copy of the Summa came in good condition (only minor nitpicks about the edges of a couple of the volumes), and it is a beautiful set, I did not receive the third volume, but a duplicate of the fourth! I'm quite disappointed.NicholasDidn't receive all the volumes!
Reviewed in Australia on July 23, 2021
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