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Disputed questions

Quaestiones disputatae de veritate

A large set of disputed questions on truth, knowledge, conscience, good, free choice, grace, and related topics.

Date

1256-1259

Why it matters

It shows Aquinas's university method at full scale and treats many foundations of knowledge and moral agency.

How to read it

  1. 1Treat each question as a live academic dispute.
  2. 2Compare the treatment of conscience and choice with later moral theology.
  3. 3Use it to deepen the epistemology behind faith and reason.