Saint Thomas Aquinas
- proper noun
- /seɪnt ˈtɑːməs əˈkwɪnəs/
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Santo Tomás de Aquino
- Gray quotes Saint Thomas Aquinas, who declared that three things are needed for beauty: integritas (wholeness), consonantia (harmony), and claritas (radiance).
- Saint Thomas Aquinas
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In his teachings, Saint Thomas Aquinas emphasized the importance of natural law in moral philosophy.
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I found the works of Ann Hamilton and Shahzia Sikander to be most indicative of the ideas of Saint Thomas Aquinas and Gray.
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I found it interesting as well that Saint Thomas Aquinas declared that three things are needed for beauty: integritas (wholeness), consonantia (harmony), and claritas (radiance).
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As a significant theologian, Saint Thomas Aquinas sought to reconcile faith with reason in his influential writings.
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Many scholars regard Saint Thomas Aquinas as a leading figure in medieval scholasticism due to his extensive philosophical work.
Synonyms
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A 13th century Catholic thinker and writer who used reason to explain faith
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A medieval Italian thinker who used reason to explain Christian faith and argue that God exists
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A priest and teacher from the 1200s who used reason to explain Christian beliefs
A 13th-century Italian priest and thinker who argued that faith and reason agree
A medieval Christian thinker who used reason to explain faith and argue that God exists
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a compositional proper-name construction: 'saint' + personal name indicates a person who has been canonized. A B1 learner who knows 'saint' and recognizes the tokens as a name will understand this refers to a saint called Thomas Aquinas (though they may not know his specific historical role or dates).
Etymology
Saint Thomas Aquinas was a priest and thinker from the 1200s who tried to show how Christian 'faith' and human 'reason' can work together. Because he used clear logic to explain belief, people still study him as a leading figure in Catholic teaching and philosophy.