Thomist
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- noun
- /ˈtoʊmɪst/
- Specialized
- As a dedicated Thomist, she devoted her studies to understanding the nature of existence according to Aquinas.
- Thomist doctrine
- Thomist tradition
- Thomist position
Examples
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But the Thomist is not just a Socratic, but a Christian or Catholic.
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Indeed, the classical Thomist position is simply that philosophy in its fullness and revelation in its fullness cannot contradict each other.
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According to the Thomist view on hylomorphism, a body is made one in virtue of the substantial form it has.
Academic text (2016) -
Such a theology would stand within the perspective of the Thomist tradition, arguing that God can be seen as consistently working through secondary causes.
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One can see that this argument depends on the Thomist doctrine that a body has one single substantial form, which sustains its individual quantity.
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The notion of hierarchical ordering is fundamental to Thomist metaphysics.
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The fundamental, ineradicable human experience, as the American Thomist Flannery O'Connor said, really is consciousness of limitation.
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In this study, Marechal emphasizes the continuity of Blondel's thought with the Aristotelian-Thomist tradition.
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A Thomist believes that faith and reason can coexist harmoniously.
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In his lectures, the Thomist explained the key principles of Aquinas's philosophy.
Synonyms
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A person who studies religion and explains its ideas
Surface Forms
Morphology
Thomist = Thomas (transparent) = Thomas + ist
Formed from the personal name 'Thomas' plus the productive suffix '-ist' meaning 'follower' or 'adherent', so the derivation is straightforward.
Etymology
Thomist comes from the name Thomas Aquinas and the ending -ist, which means 'a person who follows or practices something', like in artist or pianist. So a Thomist is a person who follows, studies, or supports the ideas of Thomas Aquinas.