![]() ![]() Phil.), The findings of arguments for a conclusion given in advance is not philosophy, but special pleading. Thus it is less noble to merely synthesize the thoughts of others. Yet the purpose of philosophy is to follow one’s own reason. But this means that he had no original doctrines, and merely adopted them from elsewhere. The purpose of Aquinas’s philosophy was to combine the doctrines of Aristotle with those of the Catholic church. But this school of philosophy is now known to have stifled free intellectual inquiry for hundreds of years, impeding intellectual progress (cf. Thomas Aquinas is now considered the culmination of Medieval scholastic philosophy. Furthermore, religion is now known to cause social evils and injustices, including the intolerance and bigotry that thrives in the present day. But as proved by modern science and subsequent philosophy, religion is false (cf. Thomas Aquinas was a Christian philosopher and theologian. Further, the state of scientific knowledge was much less advanced at that time then now, so it is impossible that there can be found any insight into the nature of things. Thus, whatever philosophy is contained in this book is long outdated. The Summa Theologica was written over 700 years ago (1265-1274). Whether One Should Read the Summa Theologica? ![]()
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