Thomas Aquinas

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Thomas Aquinas
Born 1224
Italy
Died 1274
Naples, Italy
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Occupation Philosopher
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Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P. (Thomas of Aquin or Aquino; b. ca. 1225; d. 7 March, 1274) was an Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, and an influential philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Universalis and Doctor Communis. He was a proponent of natural theology, and the originator of the school of philosophy and theology now called 'Thomistic'. His influence on Western thought is considerable.

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This philosopher has 17 pages in the Blackwell Companion.