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The Reactions between Dogma and Philosophy, Illustrated from Aquinas

Philip Henry Wicksteed · 1920

A 1920 published lecture series examining how Thomas Aquinas handled the relationship between religious belief and philosophy.

A scholarly study using Thomas's writings to examine how he balanced religious faith and philosophical reasoning.

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This 1920 book by Philip H. Wicksteed publishes a series of lectures delivered in 1916, using the works of Thomas Aquinas to explore how religious dogma and philosophy interact. Thomas lived and wrote in the 13th century; this study examines his thought centuries later.

Why it matters

Thomas is famous for trying to bring together Christian faith and Greek philosophy, especially the ideas of Aristotle. This book shows how later scholars continued to study and debate that project, treating Thomas's writing as a key case study for understanding the relationship between belief and reason.

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  • Why might a scholar choose Thomas's writings specifically to illustrate the relationship between dogma and philosophy?
  • What does it suggest about Thomas's influence that his work was still being lectured on nearly 650 years later?
  • What assumptions might the lecturer bring to interpreting a medieval thinker's work?

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