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St Thomas Aquinas
- Life
- Born on the 28th of
January, 1225 in Italy.
- He died on the 7th of
March, 1274 in Italy.
- During his early education he
showed that he had a wide
knowledge of things.
- Because he was born into a powerful
family his early entry into the Dominican
order in the early 1240s was very
surprising.
- His family tried many ways to
discourage him from joining the
Dominican order. They even
imprisoned him for two years!
- His family tried many ways to
discourage him from joining the
Dominican order. They even
imprisoned him for two years!
- In 1257 he received his
degree of Doctor of
Theology.
- The rest of his life was
spent praying, studying and
writing.
- Born on the 28th of
January, 1225 in Italy.
- Views on good and evil
- He had two views
on good and evil.
- He thought an act is good or
bad depending on whether it
contributes or prevents us from
our proper human end (final
goal at which all human actions
aim)
- He thought an act is good or
bad depending on whether it
contributes or prevents us from
our proper human end (final
goal at which all human actions
aim)
- He said God is good and
he must have an
appropriate reason for
allowing evil to exist.
- He said that all goodness
in the world must exist in
God.
- God must be good, and
that God is goodness and
that there is no evil in
God.
- He said that all goodness
in the world must exist in
God.
- He had two views
on good and evil.
- Beliefs
- People found it hard to tell the difference
between faith and reason. St Thomas
Aquinas said, “Both kinds of knowledge
ultimately came from God.”
- He believed that the existence
of God can be proven in 5
ways:
- 1. By observing
movement in the world as
proof of God, the
“Immovable Motor”
- 2. By observing cause
and effect and identifying
God as the cause of
everything.
- 3. By knowing that the temporary
nature of humans proves the
existence of a necessary being God
who originates only from within
himself.
- 4. By noticing changeable levels
of human perfection and
determining that a supreme and
perfect being must therefore exist.
- 5. By knowing that humans could not have
intelligence without it being granted to
them by God.
- 1. By observing
movement in the world as
proof of God, the
“Immovable Motor”
- People found it hard to tell the difference
between faith and reason. St Thomas
Aquinas said, “Both kinds of knowledge
ultimately came from God.”
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