What works of Aristotle are essential to understand Aquinas?

>>9829919
Physics, Metaphysics, De Anima, maybe Nichomachean Ethics

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>>9829922
Perfect, thanks

I don't see anything as being essential.
If you're looking for theological answers they're easy to find.
imo you need to be more familiar with the bible than anything else.

>>9829937
I got the 'Selected Writings' and they're more focused on his philosophy than theology (which kind of disappointed me cause I'm really interested in theology). But I started reading his treatise on 'Angelic Knowledge' and I'll admit I felt pretty lost, and Aristotle was mentioned like three times on the first page alone

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Aristotle to Aquinas, just like Plato to Agostinho, right?

But do I need theological background?

>>9829953
Was browsing Amazon now and maybe this is what you're looking for.
https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Theology-Spiritual-Direction-Aquinas/dp/1586179683/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8

>>9830052
>But do I need theological background?

Unless you're a savant, you probably do. He can be pretty abstruse. There are several Aquinas for beginners type books. I'm not sure which is best. I've heard Kreeft's A Summa of the Summa is good, but I can't personally vouch for it not having read it.

>>9829919
Categories, Analytics, Metaphysics, Politics, Nichomacian Ethics.
t. Read more Aquinas than anyone on this awful board.
Books that will help you understand Aquinas: Beginner's Guide by Edward Feser, After Virtue and Whose Justice Which Rationality by Alsadair MacIntyre, Reality: A Synthesis, God His Existence and His Nature by Garrigou-Lagrange.