QUOTE: Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know
what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he
ought to do. [Two
Precepts of Charity (1273)]
AUTHOR: Saint Thomas Aquinas O.P. (also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino; ca. 1225 – 7
March 1274) was an Italian priest of the Catholic Church in the Dominican
Order, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition
of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus and Doctor Communis. He is
frequently referred to as Thomas because "Aquinas" refers to his
residence rather than his surname. He was the foremost classical proponent of
natural theology, and the father of the Thomistic school of philosophy and
theology. His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern
philosophy was conceived as a reaction against, or as an agreement with, his
ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law and political theory.
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