Thomas Aquinas - Philosophy

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St. Thomas Aquinas
Thomism Scholasticism
negative theology
divine simplicity
Quinquae viae
Beatific vision
Actus purus
Sacraments
correspondence theory of truth
hylomorphism
substance theory (Ousia)
accident
substantial form
quiddity (essence / nature)
peripatetic axiom
principle of double effect
cardinal virtues
theological virtues
intellectual virtues
natural law
just war
just price
concupiscence
Works Summa Theologica
Summa contra Gentiles
Contra Errores Graecorum
Commentaries on Aristotle
Influences and people Aristotle ("The Philosopher")
St. Paul ("The Apostle")
Pseudo-Dionysius
St. Augustine ("The Theologian")
St. Boethius
Avicenna
Peter Lombard ("The Master")
Averroes ("The Commentator")
Maimonides ("Rabbi Moses")
St. Albertus Magnus
Reginald of Piperno
Related Pange Lingua
Aristotelianism
Dominican Order
School of Salamanca
Catholic theology
Doctor of the Church
Empiricism
Neo-Thomism
Æterni Patris

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Thomas was a theologian and a Scholastic philosopher. However, he never considered himself a philosopher, and criticized philosophers, whom he saw as pagans, for always "falling short of the true and proper wisdom to be found in Christian revelation." With this in mind, Thomas did have respect for Aristotle, so much so that in the Summa, he often cites Aristotle simply as "the Philosopher." Much of his work bears upon philosophical topics, and in this sense may be characterized as philosophical. Thomas's philosophical thought has exerted enormous influence on subsequent Christian theology, especially that of the Roman Catholic Church, extending to Western philosophy in general. Thomas stands as a vehicle and modifier of Aristotelianism and Neoplatonism.

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