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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 55. Chapters: Scholasticism, Natural law, Apophatic theology, Pange Lingua Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium, Just War, Divine simplicity, Thomism, Thomas Aquinas and the Sacraments, Thought of Thomas Aquinas, School of Salamanca, Neo-Scholasticism,... Viac o knihe

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 55. Chapters: Scholasticism, Natural law, Apophatic theology, Pange Lingua Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium, Just War, Divine simplicity, Thomism, Thomas Aquinas and the Sacraments, Thought of Thomas Aquinas, School of Salamanca, Neo-Scholasticism, Beatific vision, Principle of double effect, Cardinal virtues, Just price, Lauda Sion, Sacris solemniis, Adoro te devote, Actus Essendi, Verbum Supernum Prodiens, Peripatetic axiom. Excerpt: Thomism is the philosophical school that arose as a legacy of the work and thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, a devout Catholic priest. The word comes from the name of its originator, whose Summa Theologica was one of the most influential documents in medieval philosophy and continues to be studied today in philosophy classes. In the encyclical Doctoris Angelici, Pope St. Pius X cautioned that the teachings of the Church cannot be understood scientifically without the basic philosophical underpinnings of Thomas's major thesis: The Second Vatican Council described Thomas's system as the "Perennial Philosophy." St. Thomas Aquinas believed that truth is true wherever it is found, and thus consulted Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Muslim philosophers. Specifically, he was a realist (i.e., he, unlike the skeptics, believed that the world can be known as it is). He largely followed Aristotelian terminology and metaphysics, and wrote comprehensive commentaries on Aristotle, often affirming Aristotle's views with independent arguments. Thomas respectfully referred to Aristotle simply as "the Philosopher." He also adhered to some neoplatonic principles, for example that "it is absolutely true that there is first something which is essentially being and essentially good, which we call God, ... everything can be called good and a being, inasmuch as it participates in it by way of a certain assimilation..." Shortly before Thomas died, his friend Reginald of Piperno implored him to finish his works. Thomas replied, "I cannot, because all that I have written seems like straw to me." Apologist Peggy Frye of Catholic Answers comments that "Aquinas's vision may have been a vision of heaven, compared to which everything else, no matter how glorious, seems worthless." With the decree Postquam sanctissimus of 27 July 1914, Pope St. Pius X declared that 24 theses formulated by "teachers from various institutions ... clearly contain the principles and more important thoughts" of Thomas. Thomas say

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