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  1. Thomas Aquinas
    Thomas AquinasItalian friar and priest
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  2. BornTommaso d'Aquino · 1225 · Roccasecca, Kingdom of Sicily
    Died7 March 1274 (aged 48–49) · Fossanova, Papal States
    Biography

    Thomas Aquinas was most likely born in the family castle of Roccasecca, near Aquino, controlled at that time by the Kingdom of Sicily (in present-day Lazio, Italy), c. 1225. He was born to the most powerful br… See more

    Legacy, veneration, and modern reception

    In 1277, Étienne Tempier, the same bishop of Paris who had issued the condemnation of 1270, issued another, more extensive, condemnation. One aim of this condemnation was to clarify that God's absolute po… See more

    Theology

    Thomas Aquinas viewed theology, "the sacred doctrine", as a science, by which he meant a field of study in which humanity could learn more by its own efforts (as opposed to being totally dependent on having divi… See more

    Philosophy

    Thomas Aquinas was a theologian and a Scholastic philosopher. He never considered himself a philosopher, and criticized philosophers whom he saw as pagans, for always "falling short of the true and proper … See more

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