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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Juan de Mariana (as consultor, not Grand Inquisitor) – note: check historically influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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St Thomas Aquinas Church, Charnwood namedAfter St. Thomas Aquinas
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Christian angelology systematizedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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Alexander of Aphrodisias influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
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Neostoicism influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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The Book of Healing influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
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The Book of Healing is a philosophical and scientific encyclopedia influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
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Abu Ali influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
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Middle Commentaries on Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
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Siger of Brabant influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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Bernard Lonergan influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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Foundations of Christian Faith influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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Integral Humanism influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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Man and the State influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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The Degrees of Knowledge influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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The Person and the Common Good influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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True Humanism influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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An Introduction to Philosophy influencedBy St. Thomas Aquinas
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Prima Pars author St. Thomas Aquinas
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Peter Lombard’s Sentences influence St. Thomas Aquinas
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Book I influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
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quinque viae author St. Thomas Aquinas
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Five Ways author St. Thomas Aquinas
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