Thomas aquinas philosophy summary
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Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274; of Aquino, Italy) was an Italian philosopher and theologian known as the Angelic Doctor. Born of a wealthy family at Rocca Secca, near Naples, in Italy, he disappointed his family by joining a poor order of preachers (1244) that followed the Rule of Dominic and were therefore known as Dominicans. In 1245, he began to study in Paris, France with Albertus Magnus whose favorite pupil he became.
In 1248, he accompanied Albert to Cologne, Germany. From there, Thomas returned to Paris (1252) where he became known as a great teacher and theologian. He spent some time in Rome as a papal advisor, returned to Paris to teach for a period and then returned to Naples to found a house of studies (1272). In 1274, on the way to a church council at Lyons, France, he took sick and died at the age of 49.
His works show him to be a brilliant lecturer, a clear thinker and an Aristotelian. In an age which was uncomfortable with the notion that the universe could be known apart from revelation, he pioneered the use of the Greek philosophy that featured the power of
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican theologian and philosopher (1225–1274)
"Aquinas" redirects here. For the ship that sank in 2013, see MV St. Thomas Aquinas. For other uses, see Aquinas (disambiguation).
In this medieval Italian name, the name Aquinas is an indicator of birthplace, not a family name; the person is properly referred to by the given name, Thomas.
Saint Thomas Aquinas OP | |
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Panel of an altarpiece from Ascoli Piceno, Italy, by Carlo Crivelli (15th century) | |
| Born | Tommaso d'Aquino 1225 Roccasecca, Kingdom of Sicily |
| Died | 7 March 1274 (aged 48–49) Fossanova, Papal States |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church Anglican Communion[1] Lutheranism[2] |
| Canonized | 18 July 1323, Avignon, Papal States by Pope John XXII |
| Major shrine | Church of the Jacobins, Toulouse, France |
| Feast | 28 January, 7 March (pre-1969 Roman calendar/traditional Dominican calendar) |
| Attributes | The Summa Theologiae, a model church, the sun on the chest of a Dominicanfriar |
| Patronage | Academics; against storms; against lightning; ap
Thomas Aquinas1. Life and Works1.1 LifeThomas Aquinas was born near Aquino, halfway between Rome and Naples, around the year 1225. He was the youngest of at least nine children, and born into a wealthy family that presided over a prominent castle in Roccasecca. As a teenage student in Naples, he fell under the sway of the Dominicans, a newly founded order of priests devoted to preaching and learning. Joining the order at the age of nineteen, he was assigned to Paris for further study, but his plans were delayed by the intransigency of his parents, who had hoped he would play a leading role at the venerable local monastery, Monte Cassino, where he had studied as a child. After confining him to Roccasecca for a year, his parents yielded and Thomas went to Paris as a Dominican friar. Thomas spent three years in Paris, studying philosophy, and then was sent to Cologne, in 1248, under the supervision of Albert the Great. This older Dominican proved to be the ideal mentor. Albert was at the time the leading figure in the newly prominent program of melding Christian theology wit Copyright ©peacafe.pages.dev 2025 |