„Această carte este dosarul unei probleme. Ea prezintă controversa medievală purtată în jurul temei eternităţii lumii. Am tradus sursele aristotelice ale polemicii, câte un fragment semnificativ din Plotin, Ioan Filopon, Sf. Augustin, Avencebrol, Algazel, Averroes, Avicenna, Albert cel Mare, Henri de Gand şi tratatele integrale dedicate problemei eternităţii lumii de Sf. Toma din Aquino, Siger din Brabant şi Boetius din Dacia. Am anexat dosarului polemicii în jurul eternităţi lumii textul integral al celor 219 teze ale lui Siger din Brabant şi Boetius din Dacia şi ale altora, condamnate în anul 1277 de episcopul Etienne Tempier la sfatul doctorilor în Sfânta Scriptură [...]. Acest text este una dintre cele mai importante porţi de acces în filosofia secolului al XIII-lea.“ (Alexander Baumgarten)
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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