Life of St. Thomas Aquinas

1. KNOWLEDGE & REASON

1.1. Believed in inductive reasoning to find universals or general conclusions

1.2. Knowledge is a kind of being, a modification

1.3. Believed that although knowledge begins with sense experience and perceptions, it can grow beyond the sensory world when reason is applied to it.

2. HUMAN & INTELLECT

2.1. The human is a union of body and soul

2.2. There are no Platonic forms, there is only the Nature of God

2.3. It is impossible for the human mind to understand anything without developing mental images.

3. WRITINGS

3.1. 1265 - Suma Theologiae

3.2. Between 1259 and 1265 - Summa Contra Gentiles

4. DOMINICAN LIFE

4.1. In 1250 he stayed in cologne along with Conrad of Hochstaden in the priesthood where he preached the word of God in Germany, France, and Italy

4.2. In 1257 According to several biographers, it was the day of St. Thomas Aquinas promotion. In which the subject of it was, "Christ Majesty". Also, as stated in the narrative, St. Thomas and St. Bonaventure both obtained their doctorates that day, and must compete in humility to tell who would be promoted first.

4.3. In 1263, He collaborated with Albertues Magnus and Peter of Tarentasia in formulating the system of studies which is substantially preserved to this day in the studia generalia of the Dominican Order.

5. PEOPLE

5.1. Family

5.1.1. His Father Landulph, The Count of Aquino

5.1.2. His Mother Theodora, Countess of Teano

5.1.3. Henry and Albert II linked him through his family. To the Kings of Aragon, Castile, and Frederick the Great.

5.2. Mentors

5.2.1. Peter of Ireland is the lecturer that trained him in logic and natural sciences.

6. PLACES

6.1. Roccasecca is his birthplace and hometown

6.2. Benedictine Abbey of Monte Cassino is his primary Education

6.3. Education of Naples

7. CANONIZATION

7.1. He was canonized last July 18, 1323 by John XXII

7.2. He was proclaimed by St. Pius V a Doctor of the Universal Church, 1567.

7.3. August 4, 1879 Leo XIII declared him "the prince and master of all Scholastic"

7.4. He was designated him patron of all Catholic universities, academies, colleges and schools throughout the world

8. RELIGION

8.1. Was a 13th century Dominican Monk and worked within a very strict Christian Framework.

8.2. Thought the world was intelligible and orderly because God created us.

8.3. Believed that happiness could only be achieved through self-knowledge and the awareness of God.

9. EMPIRICISM

9.1. Influence by the teachings of Aristotle

9.2. Laid the groundwork for the empiricist movement with views that more radical for the times

9.3. All knowledge is a posteriori