Thomas – still going strong!

In 1998 the Venerable Pope John Paul II promulgated his thirteenth and penultimate encyclical, Fides et Ratio. This papal encyclical deals with the relationship between faith and reason. The Pope describes Thomas Aquinas as an authentic model for all who seek the truth.

“In his thinking the demands of reason and the power of faith found the most elevated synthesis ever attained by human thought.”

In the 13th century Thomas made his groundbreaking philosophical achievements, and now, more than seven hundred years later, he is still going strong. His theories are still of great importance, e.g. as a bulwark against nominalism and its ally relativism.

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