St. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas was a thirteenth-century Italian theologian, philosopher, and priest who worked and wrote within the tradition known as scholasticism.
Born in 1225 at the castle of the counts of Aquino, he was educated at the University of Naples Federico II and later at the University of Paris. He died in 1274 at Fossanova Abbey. His languages of composition included Latin in its ecclesiastical and medieval forms, as well as medieval Italian.
Among the texts he produced are the Summa Theologica and the Summa contra Gentiles. His thought became associated with the school known as Thomism, and his writing remained connected to the broader tradition of scholasticism. These two works, composed in Latin, stand as the most prominent records of his activity as both a philosopher and a theologian.
Quotes by St. Thomas Aquinas
An Angel can illuminate the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision and by bringing within his reach some truth which the Angel himself contemplates.
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.
The study of truth requires a considerable effort - which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of knowledge - despite the fact that God has implanted a natural appetite for such knowledge in the minds of men.
