Excerpt from S. Thom� Aquinatis Doctoris Angelici, Ord. Pr�d. Opuscula Selecta Ad Fidem Optimarum Editionum Diligenter Recusa Opem Ferente Quodam Sacr� Theologi� Professore, Vol. 1: Opuscula Theologica Decem Continens
Per hoc autem ostenditur, quod Deum esse sit necessarium. Omne enim quod possibile est esse et non esse, est mutabile sed Deus est omnino immutabilis ut ostensum est, ergo Deum non est possibile' esse et non esse. Omne autem quod est, em non est possibile ipsum non esse, nece�se est�psum esse quia necesse esse, et non possibile non esse, idem significant ergo Deum esse est necesse. Item, omne quod est possibile esse et non esse, in diget aliquo alia quod faciat ipsum esse, quia quantum est in se, se habet ad utrumque quod autem facit aliquid esse, est 'px�us eo, ergo omni quod est possibile esse et non esse, est ali qui_d prius Deo autem non est aliquid priu�, ergo non est pos S1hile ipsum esse et non esse, sed necesse est eum esse. Et quia 'alic'1ua necessaria sunt, quae suse necessitatis causam habent, quam oportet. Eis esse priorern, Deus qui est omnium primum.
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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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