This text serves as an accessible introduction to the complex philosophical and theological ideas of Saint Thomas Aquinas. It offers a condensed biography of Aquinas and then delves into his core concepts, distinguishing philosophy from theology as complementary fields. The guide explains his epistemology, focusing on the role of the senses and his influential "four causes," before presenting Aquinas's five ways to demonstrate God's existence. Crucially, it explores how we can understand God through analogy and negation, highlighting the distinction between God's essence and existence, and then outlines eight divine attributes. Finally, the book examines Aquinas's views on angels, human nature, the passions, virtue ethics, including both cardinal and theological virtues, and his theory of natural and divine law, all designed to equip readers with a foundational understanding of Thomistic thought for further study.
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