Thomas Aquinas, Italian Philosopher and Theologian

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism. His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern philosophy was conceived as a reaction against, or as an agreement with, his ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law, metaphysics, and political theory. Thomas is considered the Catholic Church's greatest theologian and philosopher

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