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Thomas Aquinas

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Thomas Aquinas (, ; ; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest, an influential philosopher and theologian, and a jurist in the tradition of scholasticism from the county of Aquino in the Kingdom of Sicily, Italy. Thomas was a prominent proponent of natural theology and the father of a school of thought (encompassing both theology and philosophy) known as Thomism. He argued that God is the source of the light of natural reason and the light of faith. He embraced several ideas put forward by Aristotle and attempted to synthesize Aristotelian philosophy with the principles of Christianity. He has been described as "the most influential thinker of the medieval period" and "the greatest of the medieval philosopher-theologians". According to the English philosopher Anthony Kenny, Thomas was "one of the greatest philosophers of the Western world." Thomas's best-known works are the unfinished Summa Theologica, or Summa Theologiae (1265–1274), as well as the Disputed Questions on Truth (1256–1259) and the Summa contra Gentiles (1259–1265). His commentaries on Christian Scripture and on Aristotle also form an important part of his body of work. As a Doctor of the Church, Thomas Aquinas is considered one of the Catholic Church's greatest theologians and philosophers. He is known in Catholic theology as the ("Angelic Doctor", with the title "doctor" meaning "teacher"), and the ("Universal Doctor"). In 1999, John Paul II added a new title to these traditional ones: ("Doctor of Humanity/Humaneness"). Thomas is also notable for his eucharistic hymns, which form a part of the church's liturgy.

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“Anything done against faith or conscience is sinful.”
— Commentary on Romans, cap 14, I 3
“If … the motion of the earth were circular, it would be violent and contrary to nature, and could not be eternal, since … nothing violent is eternal.… It follows, therefore, that the earth is not moved with a circular motion.”
— Commentaria in libros Aristotelis de caelo et mundo (Commentary on Aristotle's On the Heavens, c. 1272–1273)
“The greatness of the human being consists in this: that it is capable of the universe.”
— q. 1, art. 2, ad 4
“Natural inclinations are present in things from God, who moves all things. So it is impossible for the natural inclinations of a species to be toward evil in itself. But there is in all perfect animals a natural inclination toward carnal union. Therefore it is impossible for carnal union to be evil in itself.”
— III, 126, 3
“There is no order between created being and non-being, but there is between created and uncreated being.”
— q. 7, art. 9, ad 8
“Now, as the Word of God is the Son of God, so the love of God is the Holy Spirit.”
— Art. 8

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Thomas Aquinas (, ; ; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest, an influential philosopher and theologian, and a jurist in the tradition of scholasticism from the county of Aquino in the Kingdom of Sicily, Italy. Thomas was a prominent proponent of natural theology and the father of a school of thought (encompassing both theology and philosophy) known as Thomism. He argued that God is the source of the light of natural reason and the light of faith. He embraced several ideas put forward by Aristotle and attempted to synthesize Aristotelian philosophy with the principles of Christianity. He has been described as "the most influential thinker of the medieval period" and "the greatest of the medieval philosopher-theologians". According to the English philosopher Anthony Kenny, Thomas was "one of the greatest philosophers of the Western world." Thomas's best-known works are the unfinished Summa Theologica, or Summa Theologiae (1265–1274), as well as the Disputed Questions on Truth (1256–1259) and the Summa contra Gentiles (1259–1265). His commentaries on Christian Scripture and on Aristotle also form an important part of his body of work. As a Doctor of the Church, Thomas Aquinas is considered one of the Catholic Church's greatest theologians and philosophers. He is known in Catholic theology as the ("Angelic Doctor", with the title "doctor" meaning "teacher"), and the ("Universal Doctor"). In 1999, John Paul II added a new title to these traditional ones: ("Doctor of Humanity/Humaneness"). Thomas is also notable for his eucharistic hymns, which form a part of the church's liturgy.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“Anything done against faith or conscience is sinful.”
— Commentary on Romans, cap 14, I 3
“If … the motion of the earth were circular, it would be violent and contrary to nature, and could not be eternal, since … nothing violent is eternal.… It follows, therefore, that the earth is not moved with a circular motion.”
— Commentaria in libros Aristotelis de caelo et mundo (Commentary on Aristotle's On the Heavens, c. 1272–1273)
“The greatness of the human being consists in this: that it is capable of the universe.”
— q. 1, art. 2, ad 4
“Natural inclinations are present in things from God, who moves all things. So it is impossible for the natural inclinations of a species to be toward evil in itself. But there is in all perfect animals a natural inclination toward carnal union. Therefore it is impossible for carnal union to be evil in itself.”
— III, 126, 3
“There is no order between created being and non-being, but there is between created and uncreated being.”
— q. 7, art. 9, ad 8
“Now, as the Word of God is the Son of God, so the love of God is the Holy Spirit.”
— Art. 8

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.