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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: Roger Bacon, Fibonacci, Bartholomeus Anglicus, Pope John XXI, Saxo Grammaticus, Bonaventure, Robert Grosseteste, John Peckham, Robert Kilwardby, Thomas Aquinas, Henry de Bracton, Duns Scotus, Vincent of Beauvais, Andrea da Grosseto, Helinand of Froidmont, Johannes de Sacrobosco, Siger of Brabant, Johannes de Garlandia, Gervase of Tilbury, William of Moerbeke, Adam of Dryburgh, Martin of Opava, Accursius, Gervase of Canterbury, Albertanus of Brescia, Jordan of Saxony, Thomas of Celano, Peter of Spain, John of Paris, Jacques de Vitry, John of Tynemouth, Julian of Speyer, Thomas of Eccleston, Stephen of Bourbon, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Bele Regis Notarius, Sicardo, Albert of Stade, Peter of Cornwall, Henrik Harpestraeng, Bartholomew of Trent, Guillaume de Puylaurens, Everardus Alemannus, John of Capua, Guido delle Colonne, John of Fintona. Excerpt: Thomas Aquinas, O.P. ( -n s; Aquino, 1225 - Fossanova, 7 March 1274), also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis. "Aquinas" is not a surname (hereditary surnames were not then in common use in Europe), but is a Latin adjective meaning "of Aquino," his place of birth. He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology, and the father of Thomism. His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern philosophy was conceived as a reaction against, or as an agreement with his ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law and political theory. Thomas is held in the Catholic Church to be the model teacher for those studying for the priesthood. The works for which he is best-known are the Summa Theologica and the Summa Contra Gentiles. As one of t..
