Aquinas
[ə'kwainəs]
Definition
(noun.) (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology; presented philosophical proofs of the existence of God (1225-1274).
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Examples
- I will talk of my Aquinas. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is Aquinas's fault, said Mrs. Cadwallader. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And Thomas Aquinas is not fond of him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Certainly the genius of St. homas Aquinas seems comprehensive enough to embrace all science as we ll as all philosophy from the Christian point of view. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- There you are to the very life--as Aquinas, you know. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- T HOMAS AQUINAS OVERCOMING AVERRO?S] The English Franciscan Roger Bacon (1214-12 94) deserves to be m entioned with the two great Dominicans. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The Christian tradition did not survive because of Aquinas or fall before the Higher Criticism, nor will it be revived because someone proves the scientific plausibility of its doctrine. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Does anybody read Aquinas? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But Aquinas, now--he was a little too subtle, wasn't he? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was all very well to look pale, sitting for the portrait of Aquinas, you know--we got your letter just in time. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- His pupil and disciple Thomas Aquinas (1227-1274) was the philosopher and recognized champion of the Christian Church. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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