The document discusses St. Thomas Aquinas. As a child, Aquinas was sent to a monastery at age 5 and was later imprisoned by his own family for nearly 2 years. He wrote influential works including Summa Theologica and Summa Contra Gentiles. Aquinas' philosophy holds that physical objects and the mind are created by God, and faith and reason can know God. His teachings form the basis of Catholic philosophy and he advocated that reason and faith are complementary.

2. Biography

3. At the age of 5 he was sent
to the Monastery

4. He was imprisoned for
nearly 2 years by his own
family.

5. Summa theologica and Summa
contra gentiles.

6. Neo-Thomism
 Physical objects and human beings, including
our minds and ideas, are in creation of God.
 Faith and reason enable us to know God.
 Goodness follows reason.
 Beauty follows knowledge.
 Ignorance is the source of evil.
 A rational being with a soul modeled after
God, perfection.

7.  School is meant to cultivate the intellect and
develop spirituality through a relationship
with God.
 Basic skills, liberal arts, and theology taught
through drill and practice, demonstration,
and recitation.

8. Contributions
 The main base to the philosophy teachings in
Catholic institutes.
 He taught that humans have a natural
capacity to know many things without special
divine revelation.
 Natural Law is one of the most influential
parts of Thomist philosophy.

9. Influence and Impact on
Education
 His philosophy is the official doctrine of the
Roman Catholic Church.
 A Patron Saint of all Catholic schools, colleges,
and universities.
 Believed that there was no conflict needed
between reason and faith; they are
complimentary rather then contradictory.
 He reintroduced reason: knowledge can be
acquired through the world instead of only
through revelation.

11. Works Cited
 All pictures were found on
www.allposters.com
 www.newadvent.org
 Plato.stanford.edu
 www.en.wikipedia.org
 G. K. Chesterton :Essay on St. Thomas
Aquinas, The Spectator. 27 Feb. 1932.
 History and Philosophy of Education: BYU-I
custom edition 2010.