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Thomas Aquinas

Born

in Rocca Secca, Naples, Italy

December 10, 1224

Died

January 17, 1274

Genre

Catholicism, Philosophy, Religion

Influences

Aristotle, Augustine of Hippo

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Thomas Aquinas (sometimes styled Thomas of Aquin or Aquino), was a Dominican friar and priest notable as a scholastic theologian and philosopher. He is honored as a saint and "Doctor of the Church" in the Roman Catholic tradition.

Aquinas lived at a critical juncture of western culture when the arrival of the Aristotelian corpus in Latin translation reopened the question of the relation between faith and reason, calling into question the modus vivendi that had obtained for centuries. This crisis flared up just as universities were being founded. Thomas, after early studies at Montecassino, moved on to the University of Naples, where he met members of the new Dominican Order. It was at Naples too that Thomas had his first extended contact wit ...more

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	Summa Theologica, 5 Vols 4.10 avg rating — 3,181 ratings — published 1274 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas by Thomas Aquinas (Contributor), Dietrich Bonhoeffer , Thomas Merton 4.11 avg rating — 1,137 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Writings by Thomas Aquinas, Ralph McInerny 3.90 avg rating — 613 ratings — published 1939 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Law, Morality, and Politics by Thomas Aquinas, Richard J. Regan (Translator) , William P. Baumgarth (Editor) 3.78 avg rating — 551 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Politics and Ethics by Thomas Aquinas, Paul E. Sigmund 3.79 avg rating — 420 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Being and Essence by Thomas Aquinas, Armand A. Maurer (translator) 4.01 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 1256 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summa Contra Gentiles: Book One: God by Thomas Aquinas, Vernon J. Bourke (Illustrator) , Anton C. Pegis (Translator) 4.16 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 1259 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Treatise on Law by Thomas Aquinas, Richard J. Regan 3.70 avg rating — 277 ratings — published 1274 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Philosophical Writings by Thomas Aquinas, Timothy McDermott (Translator) 3.87 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Introduction to Saint Thomas Aquinas by Thomas Aquinas, Anton C. Pegis (Editor) 3.74 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 1274 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Summa Theologiae (61 books)
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“Beware the man of a single book.”
― St. Thomas Aquinas

tags: books-reading, ignorance, illiteracy, limitation

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“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
― St. Thomas Aquinas

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“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”
― Thomas Aquinas

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