Excerpt from Sancti Thomae Aquinatis, Doctoris Angelici, Ordinis Praedicatorum, Opuscula Theologica Et Philosophica, Vol. 1: Tam Certa Quam Dubia, Adjectis Brevibus Adnotationibus; Complectens Opuscula Septem Et Triginta
Per hoc autem ostenditur, quod Deam esse sit necessaria.... Omne enim quod possibile est esse et non esse, est mutabile. Sed Deus est omnine immutabilis, ut ostensam est. Ergo Deum non est possibile esse et non esse. On: ne autem quod est, et non est possibile ipsum non esse, necesse est ipsum esse: quia necesse esso, et non possibile non esse, ide... significant. Ergo Dea... esse est necesse.
Item. Omnc quod est possibile esse et non esse, indiget alique alto quod faciat ipsum esse: quia quantum est in se, se habet ad utrumqae Quod autem facit aliquid esse, est prius ee. Ergo omni quod est possibile esse et non esse, est ali quid prius. Deo autem non csi aliquid prius. Ergo non est possibile ipsum esse et non esse, sed ne cesse est eum esse. Et quia al...ua necessaria sunt quae suae necessitatis causa... habent, quam oper. Tet eis esse priorem; Deus, qui est omnium pri. Ma..., non habet causa... saue necessitatis: unde Dea... esse per se ipsum est necesse.
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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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