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A·qui·nas

 (ə-kwī′nəs), Saint Thomas 1225-1274.
Italian Dominican friar, theologian, and philosopher. The most influential thinker of the medieval period, his philosophy combined Aristotelianism and elements of Neoplatonism within a context of Christian thought. His works include the Summa contra gentiles (1259-1264) and the Summa theologiae or theologica (1266-1273).
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Aquinas

(əˈkwaɪnəs)
n
(Biography) Saint Thomas. 1225–74, Italian theologian, scholastic philosopher, and Dominican friar, whose works include Summa contra Gentiles (1259–64) and Summa Theologiae (1267–73), the first attempt at a comprehensive theological system. Feast day: Jan 28. See also Thomism
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A•qui•nas

(əˈkwaɪ nəs)

n.
Saint Thomas, 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher.
A•qui′nist, n.
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Noun1.Aquinas - (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theologyAquinas - (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)
Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
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Translations

Aquinas

[əˈkwaɪnəs] NAquino
St Thomas AquinasSanto Tomás de Aquino
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Aquinas

nThomas von Aquin
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Casaubon's patience held out further, and when after all it turned out that the head of Saint Thomas Aquinas would be more perfect if another sitting could be had, it was granted for the morrow.
I will talk of my Aquinas. The head is not a bad type, after all.
I have read Ockham, Bradwardine, and other of the schoolmen, together with the learned Duns Scotus and the book of the holy Aquinas."
Vain and egotistical, supple and proud, libertine and gourmand, grasping from the pressure of debt, discreet as a tomb out of which nought issues to contradict the epitaph intended for the passer's eye, bold and fearless when soliciting, good-natured and witty in all acceptations of the word, a timely jester, full of tact, knowing how to compromise others by a glance or a nudge, shrinking from no mudhole, but gracefully leaping it, intrepid Voltairean, yet punctual at mass if a fashionable company could be met in Saint Thomas Aquinas,--such a man as this secretary- general resembled, in one way or another, all the mediocrities who form the kernel of the political world.
50 degs., and are called Aquinas by the wild Indians of that part: the Chilotan Indians have a different name for them.
In this article, Swanstrom explores Aquinas's account of divine creative activities as a type of efficient causation.
This paper is directed at investigating what really Aquinas's position was on the relationship between justice and legality.
The moral theology of Thomas Aquinas continues to be of value to modern philosophical and ethical thought.
Porter presents a thoughtful interpretation of Aquinas's account of the complex virtue of justice as set forth in the Summa theologiae, focusing on his key claim that justice is a perfection of the will.
Aquinas's theological account of mercy is complex, nuanced, and multifaceted, drawing upon and developing Aristotelian, biblical, and patristic sources.
Portavogie still have to play Greenisland and Aquinas twice, and Finaghy at home, the three teams best placed to thwart their ambitions this season.
The following is an exploration into Aquinas's participatory approach to Paul's use of the Old Testament in conversation with modern approaches.