Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas (1225 – March 1274)
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An alterpiece of Aquinas, Italian theologian and philosopher
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1. Summa Theologica
2. De Ente et Essentia
Summa Theologica (The Heart of Theology)
This theological tour de force forever established Aquinas as a doctor of the church. Its scope and depth is difficult to summarize, as well as its profound influence.
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Confessions – Manuscript on vellum. Germany, first half 13th century.
De Ente et Essentia (Being and Essence)
In this less-known work, which predates the Summa Theologica, Aquinas investigates questions of substance and being, drawing from Aristotle as well as important figures in Muslim theology.
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The earliest known portrait of Saint Augustine in a 6th-century fresco, Lateran, Rome
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