Saint Thomas Aquinas Chesterton G. K.Paperback
Saint Thomas Aquinas Chesterton G. K.Paperback G.K. Then it earned the praise of such distinguished writers as Etienne Gilson, Jacques Martain, and Anton Pegis as the best book ever written on the…
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Saint Thomas Aquinas Chesterton G. K.Paperback
G.K. Then it earned the praise of such distinguished writers as Etienne Gilson, Jacques Martain, and Anton Pegis as the best book ever written on the great thirteenth-century Dominican. Chesterton's brilliant sketch of the life and thought of Thomas Aquinas is as relevant today as when it was published in 1933.
Born into a noble Neapolitan family, Thomas chose the life of a mendicant friar. Today Chesterton's classic stands poised to reveal Thomas to a new generation.Chesterton's Aquinas is a man of mystery. Lumbering and shy -- his classmates dubbed him "the Dumb Ox" -- he led a revolution in Christian thought.
Possessed of the rarest brilliance, he found the highest truth in the humblest object. Having spent his life amid the vast intricacies of reason, he asked on his deathbed to have read aloud the Song of Songs, the most passionate book in the Bible.As Albert the