Patricia PascualFebruary 16, 2011Theory of Knowledge

http://thesplendorofthechurch.blogspot.com/2010/04/st-thomas-aquinas-and-universities.html

Born in Rocca Secca (Italy) to a fairly wealthy family (Kennedy)

Was curious about God as a child

Family was unsupportive of his decision to join the Order of Dominicans1 (“Thomas”) http://www.pickatrail.com/jupiter/map/italy.html

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Attended a monastery at a young age: Montecassino (McInerny)

Attended University of Naples and studied to become a Dominican (McInerny)

Studied under Albertus Magnus at Paris and Cologne2 (“Thomas”)

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Spent most of his life praying, preaching, writing, and traveling (Kennedy) Most popular work: The Summa

Theologica (Kennedy) In 1274, the pope sent him to

the Council of Lyons3 where he fell ill (“Thomas”)

Died later that year (“Thomas”)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summa_Theologica

Lived and taught during Medieval time (“Thomas”)

Monastery schools followed liberal arts tradition4 and preserved classical knowledge from the 6th Century (McInerney)

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Previous schools Montecassino: initial exposure to Catholicism

and liberal arts (Kennedy) Albertus Magnus

Learned the Aristotelian method (“Thomas”) Guided his transition from liberal arts to

more secular learning (“Kennedy”) New Order of the Dominicans

Lived according to their instruction (McInerny)

“The sensing subject is, say, the animal, but the

proximate subjects to which they are attributed are the powers of sight, touch, hearing, and the

like. An instance of seeing is describable as the power's moving from not seeing to seeing. Since the object of seeing is color, the change from not seeing to seeing

issues in the power having the form of color” (McInerney).

Adopted Aristotle’s analysis of sense perception (Adler) However, disagreed with Aristotle’s idea that since

thinking doesn’t use a sense organ, it is not the same as perception (McInerny)▪ Leads to the idea that thinking is not an ability of the human

soul which goes against Christian principles (McInerny)

Adler, Mortimer J. “Sense Cognition: Aristotle vs. Aquinas”. 1968. Institute for Philosophical Research. 11 Feb. 2011.

<http://www.ditext.com/adler/sense.html>. Kennedy, Daniel. “St. Thomas Aquinas”. The Catholic

Encyclopedia. Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 11 Feb. 2011. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14663b.htm>.

McInerny, Ralph and O'Callaghan, John. "Saint Thomas Aquinas”. 2010. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Edward N. Zalta (ed.). 11 Feb. 2011. <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ aquinas/#LifeWork>.

“Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)”. 6 May 2009. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 9 Feb. 2011. <http://www.iep.utm.edu/aquinas/>.