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Thomistic

Thomistic

1 9.9
About the ideas of Thomas Aquinas on God, ethics, and reason
  • adjective
  • /θoʊˈmɪstɪk/
  • Specialized
: tomista
  • In his lecture, the professor emphasized key principles of Thomistic philosophy and its impact on modern theology.
  • Thomistic philosophy
  • Thomistic theology
  • Thomistic theology of grace

And the Thomistic Aristotelianism of, for example, a Jacques Maratan or Yves Simone rightly ignored them.

Examples

  • Many scholars study the Thomistic approach to ethics and how it connects faith and reason.

  • I begin, therefore, with an outline of the Thomistic account of philosophical wisdom as the background against which I read Bonaventure.

    Academic text (2008)

  • I realize, of course, that not everyone working within the framework of Thomistic action theory would agree.

    Academic text (2009)

  • At the same time, he appears to agree with the Thomistic distinction between philosophy and theology.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Theology too is, from the Thomistic perspective, a speculative kind of knowledge.

    Academic text (2008)

  • A very Thomistic framework, it covers the cardinal and theological virtues.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Lonergan was schooled in a Scholastic and Thomistic curriculum.

    Academic text (2009)

  • But Suarez accepts the basic Thomistic story about perception that Descartes will reject with all its unity and efficiency.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Torrell considers not only the traditional topics of Thomistic spirituality, such as the gifts, but also aspects of ecclesiology.

    Academic text (2001)

  • On the other hand, it is surely fair to ask more pointedly why Bonaventure does not simply accept the Thomistic account whereby philosophical wisdom arises from the intelligibility of created being.

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

Thomist
vsThomistic
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Relating to the ideas of Thomas Aquinas about God and how people should live

focuses on Aquinas's own teachings and ideas rather than the broader school

Surface Forms

Thomistic positive

Morphology

Thomistic = Thomism (semi-transparent) = Thomas + istic

Formally derived from 'Thomism'/Thomas and the adjectival suffix '-istic', but the meaning is specialized to a particular philosophical/theological school that many learners may not know.

Etymology

Thomistic comes from the name Thomas Aquinas, a famous thinker from the Middle Ages, and the ending -istic which means 'related to' or 'in the style of', just like artistic means 'in the style of art'. So Thomistic describes ideas or teachings that are like those of Thomas Aquinas.