Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), an Italian Dominican friar and Catholic priest, is one of the most influential theologians in the Christian tradition--and certainly the most influential theologian of the Roman Catholic Church. By synthesizing classical Christian theology with Aristotelian philosophy, ...
Is anger at another person ever a morally excellent thing? Two competing answers to this question can be found in the Christian intellectual tradition. JohnCassian held that anger at another person is never morally virtuous. Aquinas, taking an Aristotelian line, maintained that anger at another ...
Set out one of Aquinas' arguments for God step by step, explaining why he thought his view is reasonable. Describe one objection.Thomas Aquinas:Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) was a Christian theologian. Aquinas wrote an influential work titled Summa...
Well, being a Christian, Aquinas has a number of extra virtues to add to the pagan virtues of Aristotle, the famous triad that comes in St. Paul's epistles of faith, hope and charity. Faith, belief in the Christian revelation, hope for the Christian Heaven, and charity, love for God a...
In his famous work Summa Theologiae an incorporation of Aristotelian philosophical insights modified by the Hebraic and Islamic philosophers into the developed theology of the Christian Fathers and Doctors of the Church especially Augustine; Aquinas suggested that natural law is a habit and not an act...
Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. He is best known for his work in integrating Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology. What is theSumma Theologica?
The Aristotelian Background includes the argument for the existence of God from the nature of efficient cause (Aquinas' Five Ways, 2009). Within this argument lies the key premise that Aquinas’ idea is that nothing can be the efficient cause of itself or own existence (Aquinas' Five Ways, ...
Aquinas' Five Ways molded early Christian theology by adhering the belief in God to proofs akin to Aristotelian logic.Answer and Explanation: Thomas Aquinas' seminal Five Ways are remarkable for their rigorous logical structure. Aquinas specifically relies on the law of non-contradiction......
Aristotle’s work, his Christian commitments do not merely add theological frosting to an Aristotelian philosophical cake. As illustrated by this case (among others), it is more helpful to think of them as yeast worked through dough, or as Aquinas himself did, in ...
Morrissey Wayne Hankey observes, "Thomas writes the history of philosophy by draw- ing the Platonists and the Aristotelians into a single argument in which they complement and correct each other. The principle of this correction is the Christian faith, which philosophy ultimately serves."1 Even ...