Thomism

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Thomism is the philosophical and theological school based on the thought of Thomas Aquinas, characterized by its synthesis of Aristotelian philosophy with Christian doctrine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf philosophical school ⓘ
theological school ⓘ
associatedWithWork Summa Theologiae ⓘ
Summa contra Gentiles ⓘ
contrastsWith Cartesian rationalism ⓘ
Kantian idealism ⓘ
nominalism ⓘ
coreDoctrine synthesis of Aristotelian philosophy and Christian doctrine ⓘ
developedIn 13th century ⓘ
emphasizes act and potency distinction ⓘ
analogy of being ⓘ
essence–existence distinction ⓘ
harmony of faith and reason ⓘ
metaphysics of being ⓘ
natural law ethics ⓘ
natural theology ⓘ
realism about universals ⓘ
endorsedByPope Leo XIII ⓘ
linked to: Pope Leo XIII
field philosophy ⓘ
theology ⓘ
hasBranch analytic Thomism ⓘ
neo-Thomism ⓘ
linked to: Neo-scholasticism
hasKeyConcept natural law ⓘ
participation in being ⓘ
virtue ethics ⓘ
hasMainInfluence Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
influenced Catholic dogmatic theology ⓘ
Catholic moral theology ⓘ
analytic Thomism ⓘ
natural law theory ⓘ
neo-Thomism ⓘ
linked to: Neo-scholasticism
influencedBy Aristotelianism ⓘ
Augustinianism ⓘ
Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
languageOfOrigin Latin ⓘ
namedAfter Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
promotedBy Dominican Order ⓘ
linked to: Dominican friars

Society of Jesus ⓘ
recognizedBy Catholic Church ⓘ
revivedByDocument Aeterni Patris ⓘ
revivedIn 19th century ⓘ
teaches existence of God demonstrable by reason ⓘ
five ways of proving God’s existence ⓘ
grace builds on nature ⓘ
objective moral order ⓘ
primacy of being (ens) in metaphysics ⓘ
tradition Catholic philosophy ⓘ
Scholasticism ⓘ
usesPhilosophyOf Aristotle ⓘ

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Étienne Gilson → movement → Thomism ⓘ
Aeterni Patris → promotes → St. Thomas Aquinas as primary guide for Catholic philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Thomism
Aeterni Patris → relatedTo → Thomism ⓘ
Angelicum → academicTradition → Thomism ⓘ
Franciscan School → contrastedWith → Thomist School ⓘ
linked to: Thomism
Scotism → rivalTraditionTo → Thomism ⓘ
Democrates Secundus → influencedBy → Thomism ⓘ
Quinque viae → hasInfluenceOn → Thomism ⓘ
subject linked to: quinque viae
Five Ways → tradition → Thomism ⓘ
Étienne Gilson → movement → Thomism ⓘ
subject linked to: Gilson
Being and Some Philosophers → influencedBy → Thomistic metaphysics ⓘ
linked to: Thomism
The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas → originalTitle → Le Thomisme ⓘ
linked to: Thomism
The Unity of Philosophical Experience → philosophicalTradition → Thomistic philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Thomism
Joseph Owens → fieldOfWork → Thomism ⓘ
Ralph McInerny → movement → Thomism ⓘ
Aristotle for Everybody → philosophicalTradition → Thomistic Aristotelianism ⓘ
linked to: Thomism
Christian Platonism → contrastsWith → Christian Aristotelianism ⓘ
linked to: Thomism