Life Of St. Thomas Aquinas

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Biography of St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Thomas Aquinas was born in year 1225 in family castle at Roccasecca in southern Italy ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"tsVGXXl2","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Torrell)","plainCitation":"(Torrell)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":106,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/jpfyfVgo/items/59GCCIZE"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/jpfyfVgo/items/59GCCIZE"],"itemData":{"id":106,"type":"book","title":"Saint Thomas Aquinas: The person and his work","publisher":"CUA Press","volume":"1","ISBN":"0-8132-1423-8","author":[{"family":"Torrell","given":"Jean-Pierre"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2005"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Torrell). He was a philosopher catholic priest and a doctor of church. Many argue that he was the greatest philosopher, the middle Ages has seen CITATION BRI02 \l 1033 (DAVIES). He wrote on huge range of topics specifically on ethics, philosophy of religion and Metaphysics. Roman Catholic of Modern times specially respect his thinking. Earlier in history a branch of his family held the county of Aquino, this is the reason Thomas got his surname of Aquinas ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"KFiE7iEi","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Torrell)","plainCitation":"(Torrell)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":106,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/jpfyfVgo/items/59GCCIZE"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/jpfyfVgo/items/59GCCIZE"],"itemData":{"id":106,"type":"book","title":"Saint Thomas Aquinas: The person and his work","publisher":"CUA Press","volume":"1","ISBN":"0-8132-1423-8","author":[{"family":"Torrell","given":"Jean-Pierre"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2005"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Torrell). Somewhere around 1230 he was sent for studying to Abbey of Monte CITATION BRI02 \l 1033 (DAVIES). It was there that he studied for almost eight years. Then a decade and half later he was sent to Paris as a Dominican student. It was there that he was introduced to the lectures of Albert Magnus CITATION BRI02 \l 1033 (DAVIES).

In Paris searched and wrote on the virtues, the perpetuity of Universe. He also wrote commentaries on Gospels of john and Mathew, and also on the work of Aristotle regarding Metaphysics and his work on Ethics. Thomas Aquinas like many has to face questions regarding morality but Thomas brought a new dimension of Metaphysics to it. For him any good moral act is a metaphysical belief CITATION Dav94 \l 1033 (Gallagher). Aquinas philosophy is theistic and believe that God is the beginning and end of everything. He don’t consider anyone unreasonable that believe in the existence of God but cannot provide any sound arguments for their beliefs CITATION BRI02 \l 1033 (DAVIES). According to him human body is more than just a combination of body and soul. He views all living things as self-moving. According to him Human move on the basis of understandings and beliefs. He wrote all of his theological beliefs in his classic book called summa.

Thomas died of a brain injury the reasons for which are unknown. He died on March 7, 1274 in southern Italy, Latium Papal States. ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"LXex8bdY","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Torrell)","plainCitation":"(Torrell)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":106,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/jpfyfVgo/items/59GCCIZE"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/jpfyfVgo/items/59GCCIZE"],"itemData":{"id":106,"type":"book","title":"Saint Thomas Aquinas: The person and his work","publisher":"CUA Press","volume":"1","ISBN":"0-8132-1423-8","author":[{"family":"Torrell","given":"Jean-Pierre"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2005"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Torrell).

Work Cited

BIBLIOGRAPHY \l 1033 DAVIES, BRIAN. "Thomas Aquinas." Jorge J. E. Gracia, Timothy N. Noone. A Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2002. 643-656.

Gallagher, David M. Thomas Aquinas and His Legacy. Washington D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1994.

ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"uncited":[],"omitted":[],"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Torrell, Jean-Pierre. Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Person and His Work. Vol. 1, CUA Press, 2005.