Thomas Aquinas

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born

January 21, 1225 in Lazio, Italy

died

February 28, 1274

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male

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Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

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Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P. was an Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, a philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Universalis and Doctor Communis. He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology, and the father of the Thomistic school of philosophy and theology.

Aquinas is held in the Catholic Church to be the model teacher for those studying for the priesthood (Code of Canon Law, Can. 252, §3). The works for which he is best-known are the Summa Theologica and the Summa Contra Gentiles. One of the 33 Doctors of the Church, he is considered by many Catholics to be the Catholic Church's greatest theologian and philosopher. Consequently, many institutions of learning have b...more

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	Summa Theologica (5 Vols.) 3.85 avg rating — 593 ratings — published 1274 — 37 editions	My rating:
	A Summa of the Summa: The Essential Philosophical Passages of St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica 3.95 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions	My rating:
	St. Thomas Aquinas on Politics and Ethics by Thomas Aquinas, Paul E. Sigmund 3.40 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Selected Philosophical Writings by Thomas Aquinas, Timothy McDermott (Translator) 3.68 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Summa Contra Gentiles: Book One: God by Thomas Aquinas, Vernon Bourke (Illustrator), Anton C. Pegis (Translator) 4.14 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1975 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Selected Writings by Thomas Aquinas, Ralph McInerny 3.76 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1939 — 5 editions	My rating:
	On Law, Morality, and Politics by Thomas Aquinas, Richard J. Regan, William P. Baumgarth (Editor) 3.40 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Treatise on Law by Thomas Aquinas, Richard J. Regan 3.48 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1274 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Introduction to Saint Thomas Aquinas by Thomas Aquinas, Anton C. Pegis (Editor) 3.61 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1965	My rating:
	Shorter Summa: Saint Thomas's Own Concise Version of His Summa Theologica 3.88 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating: