1. Patricia Pascual February 16, 2011 Theory of Knowledge http://thesplendorofthechurch.blogspot.com/2010/04/st-thomas-aquinas-and-universities.html

2.  Born in Rocca Secca (Italy) to a fairly wealthy family (Kennedy)  Was curious about God as a child  Family was unsupportive of his decision to join the Order of Dominicans 1 (“Thomas”) http://www.pickatrail.com/jupiter/map/italy.html http://www.sspx.org/images/Vocations/Dominicanlogo.gif

3.  Attended a monastery at a young age: Montecassino (McInerny)  Attended University of Naples and studied to become a Dominican (McInerny)  Studied under Albertus Magnus at Paris and Cologne 2 (“Thomas”) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/AlbertusMagnus.jpg/250px-AlbertusMagnus.jpg

4.  Spent most of his life praying, preaching, writing, and traveling (Kennedy)  Most popular work: The Summa Theologica (Kennedy)  In 1274, the pope sent him to the Council of Lyons 3 where he fell ill (“Thomas”)  Died later that year (“Thomas”) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summa_Theologica

5.  Lived and taught during Medieval time (“Thomas”)  Monastery schools followed liberal arts tradition 4 and preserved classical knowledge from the 6 th Century (McInerney) http://www.ciociariatour.com/SAMPLEITINERARIES/tabid/65/Default.aspx

6.  Previous schools  Montecassino: initial exposure to Catholicism and liberal arts (Kennedy)  Albertus Magnus  Learned the Aristotelian method (“Thomas”)  Guided his transition from liberal arts to more secular learning (“Kennedy”)  New Order of the Dominicans  Lived according to their instruction (McInerny)

7. “The sensing subject is, say, the animal, but the proximate subjects to which they are attributed are the powers of sight, touch, hearing, and the like. An instance of seeing is describable as the power's moving from not seeing to seeing. Since the object of seeing is color, the change from not seeing to seeing issues in the power having the form of color” (McInerney).  Adopted Aristotle’s analysis of sense perception (Adler)  However, disagreed with Aristotle’s idea that since thinking doesn’t use a sense organ, it is not the same as perception (McInerny) ▪ Leads to the idea that thinking is not an ability of the human soul which goes against Christian principles (McInerny)

8.  Adler, Mortimer J. “Sense Cognition: Aristotle vs. Aquinas”. 1968. Institute for Philosophical Research. 11 Feb. 2011..  Kennedy, Daniel. “St. Thomas Aquinas”. The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 11 Feb. 2011..  McInerny, Ralph and O'Callaghan, John. "Saint Thomas Aquinas”. 2010. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Edward N. Zalta (ed.). 11 Feb. 2011..  “Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)”. 6 May 2009. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 9 Feb. 2011..