St. Thomas Aquinas

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St. Thomas Aquinas was a 13th-century Dominican friar, theologian, and philosopher whose synthesis of Christian doctrine with Aristotelian philosophy made him one of the most influential thinkers in Western intellectual and religious history.

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instanceOf Catholic saint
Catholic theologian
Christian theologian
Doctor of the Church
Dominican friar
human
metaphysician
moral philosopher
philosopher
scholastic philosopher
birthName St. Thomas Aquinas self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tommaso d'Aquino
burialPlace Church of the Jacobins, Toulouse
canonizationDate 1323
canonizationStatus canonized saint
canonizedBy Pope John XXII
centuryOfActivity 13th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Sicily
dateOfBirth 1225
dateOfDeath 1274-03-07
declaredDoctorOfTheChurchBy Pope Pius V
declaredDoctorOfTheChurchDate 1567
educatedAt University of Cologne
surface form: Studium of Cologne

University of Naples Federico II
surface form: University of Naples

Panthéon-Sorbonne University
surface form: University of Paris
era High Middle Ages
familyName St. Thomas Aquinas self-linksurface differs
surface form: Aquinas
feastDay January 28
fieldOfWork ethics
metaphysics
natural theology
philosophy
philosophy of religion
political philosophy
theology
givenName Thomas
honorificPrefix Saint
honorificSuffix O.P.
influenced Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Jacques Maritain
Pope Benedict XVI
surface form: Joseph Ratzinger

Karl Rahner
Scholastic theology
surface form: Thomism

Scholastic theology
surface form: neo-Thomism

Étienne Gilson
influencedBy Albert the Great
surface form: Albertus Magnus

Aristotle
Augustine of Hippo
Boethius
Maimonides
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
knownFor distinction between essence and existence
doctrine of analogy of being
five ways to prove the existence of God
just war theory contributions
natural law theory
synthesis of Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology
languageOfWorkOrName Ecclesiastical Latin
surface form: Latin
memberOf Dominican friars
surface form: Dominican Order

Dominican friars
surface form: Order of Preachers
notableWork Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentary on the Sentences
De ente et essentia
De veritate
Summa Theologiae
Summa contra Gentiles
occupation Catholic priest
philosopher
theologian
university teacher
patronage Catholic schools
Catholic universities
philosophers
students
theologians
philosophicalSchool Scholastic theology
surface form: Scholasticism

Scholastic theology
surface form: Thomism
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Sicily
Roccasecca
placeOfDeath Fossanova Abbey
near Priverno
region Western philosophy
religion Catholicism
studentOf Albert the Great
surface form: Albertus Magnus
taughtAt Dominican studia
Panthéon-Sorbonne University
surface form: University of Paris
tradition Christian philosophy
Latin Rite
surface form: Latin Church

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De veritate author St. Thomas Aquinas
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The City of God influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
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Jacques Maritain influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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Summa Theologiae author St. Thomas Aquinas
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Commentary on the Sentences author St. Thomas Aquinas
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Commentary on the Sentences isEarlyWorkOf St. Thomas Aquinas
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five ways to prove the existence of God author St. Thomas Aquinas
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On Free Choice of the Will influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
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just war theory developedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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Fossanova Abbey notablePersonDiedHere St. Thomas Aquinas
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Étienne Gilson main interest St. Thomas Aquinas
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Étienne Gilson influenced by St. Thomas Aquinas
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Summa contra Gentiles author St. Thomas Aquinas
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Commentaries on Aristotle author St. Thomas Aquinas
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De ente et essentia author St. Thomas Aquinas
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Mortimer Adler influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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Nicomachean Ethics influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
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Politics influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
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Metaphysics influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
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On the Soul influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
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On the Soul hasCommentaryBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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On Interpretation hasCommentaryBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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John of Damascus influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
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Boethius influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
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Church of the Jacobins, Toulouse housesRelicsOf St. Thomas Aquinas
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Church of the Jacobins, Toulouse burialPlaceOf St. Thomas Aquinas
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The Perennial Philosophy influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
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Immortale Dei cites St. Thomas Aquinas
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Aeterni Patris mentionsPerson St. Thomas Aquinas
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Aristotle’s On the Heavens influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
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Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
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Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption commentedOnBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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Aristotle's Politics influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
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Theologia Platonica influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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De Monarchia philosophicalInfluence St. Thomas Aquinas
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Convivio influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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Guide to Kulchur discusses St. Thomas Aquinas
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Giovanni influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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On Faith influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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On Faith and Reason influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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Thomas Berry influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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Corpus Christi principalHymnAuthor St. Thomas Aquinas
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papal bull Transiturus de hoc mundo relatedToPerson St. Thomas Aquinas
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