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Thomas Aquinas - Wikipedia
Thomas Aquinas OP (/ əˈkwaɪnəs / ⓘ ə-KWY-nəs; Italian: Tommaso d'Aquino, lit. 'Thomas of Aquino '; c. 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian [6] Dominican friar and priest, the foremost Scholastic thinker, [7] as well as one of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the Western tradition. [8]
Saint Thomas Aquinas: Biography, Life, Philosophy & Theology
Italian Dominican theologian Saint Thomas Aquinas was one of the most influential medieval thinkers of Scholasticism and the father of the Thomistic school of theology.
Saint Thomas Aquinas - Encyclopedia Britannica
Saint Thomas Aquinas, Italian Dominican theologian and Roman Catholic saint, the foremost medieval Scholastic. He was responsible for the classical systematization of Latin theology, and he wrote some of the most gravely beautiful eucharistic hymns in the church’s liturgy.
Thomas Aquinas (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Between antiquity and modernity stands Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1225–1274). The greatest figure of thirteenth-century Europe in the two preeminent sciences of the era, philosophy and theology, he epitomizes the scholastic method of the newly founded universities.
Thomas Aquinas - World History Encyclopedia
Saint Thomas Aquinas (l. 1225-1274, also known as the "Ox of Sicily " and the "Angelic Doctor") was a Dominican friar, mystic, theologian, and philosopher, all at once.
St. Thomas Aquinas - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
Thomas is believed to have been born in the castle of Roccasecca in the old county of the Kingdom of Sicily, which is now known as the Lazio region of Italy, in 1225. His parents were well-off, but as the youngest son Thomas was expected to enter the monastery. At 5-years-old, Thomas began his ...
Thomas Aquinas' Philosophy - PhilosophiesOfLife.org
Thomas Aquinas, one of the most influential figures in medieval philosophy and theology, was born in 1225 in Roccasecca, a small town in the Kingdom of Sicily, now part of modern-day Italy.
Thomas Aquinas | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
St. Thomas Aquinas was a Dominican priest and Scriptural theologian. He took seriously the medieval maxim that “grace perfects and builds on nature; it does not set it aside or destroy it.”
Saint Thomas Aquinas - Franciscan Media
Saint Thomas Aquinas is well known for his writings, especially the "Summa Theologica." But he was far more than a philosopher/theologian. He was a devout man who wrote beautiful prayers and hymns. Perhaps the best known is the "Pange Lingua."
St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) - Philosophy A Level
Life and philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, biography, key ideas (inc. the 5 ways, natural law, and analogy), famous quotes, and works.
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