Aquinas for Everyone is a collection of passages from the writings of the Angelic Doctor in which he answers a philosophical or theological question with the aid of an appropriate concrete image. It thus provides an introduction to the thought of perhaps the most creative thinker in the history of the Church. Readers unacquainted with the technicalites of Thomisic Philosophy and Theology can discover for themselves the clarity, harmony and simpilcity that characterize the writings of this great Scholastic theologian. At the same time they will be introduced to the thought and methodology of the great Greek philosopher, Aristotle. It is hoped that this book will prompt many to study seriously the Summa Theologiae, the classic work of this great saint.
Thomas Aquinas was an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus and Doctor Communis.
He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology, and the father of the Thomistic school of philosophy and theology. His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern philosophy was conceived as a reaction against, or as an agreement with, his ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law and political theory.
The philosophy of Aquinas has exerted enormous influence on subsequent Christian theology, especially that of the Roman Catholic Church, extending to Western philosophy in general, where he stands as a vehicle and modifier of Aristotelianism, which he fused with the thought of Augustine.
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