Like Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas considered all areas of thought his province. As a result, he became unquestionably the most systematic political philosopher of the Middle Ages, as well as an original ...

Modern social science finds that the 13th-century theologian’s recipe for “imperfect happiness” turns out to be perfect.

(The Conversation) — Polls show that a majority of Americans are very worried about the state of U.S. democracy. One survey from January 2022 finds that 64% of Americans believe U.S. democracy is “in ...

Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225/6–1274) was an Italian Catholic philosopher and a major figure – if not the major figure – in the scholastic tradition. He gave rise to the Thomistic school of philosophy, ...

St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Peter confute heretics in a 1369 fresco by Andrea Bonaiuto in Florence's Spanish Chapel. Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images ‘The Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas,’ by Benozzo ...

It is a well-known and somewhat em­barrassing fact that Thomas Aquinas does not agree with the current Catholic view that from the moment of conception a human being exists, with all the moral weight ...

"He was the world's flower and glory, and has rendered superfluous the writings of doctors (of theology) who shall come after him." St. Albert the Great is said to have exclaimed these words upon the ...