A Brief Analysis of Saint Thomas Aquinas

All human beings develop at different rates, both physically and mentally. Furthermore, there are some special individuals that gain the ability to flourish in which they acquire a deeper understanding of life. This is usually is a result of one’s profound religious beliefs. Throughout history there has been scientific reasoning that has brought humanity to a higher domain of knowledge. Saint Thomas was born in 1225 and he came from a noble family from Naples, Italy. His work caused extreme controversially in his time. He is known for his greatest work Summa Theologiae. Saint Thomas Aquinas used scientific reasoning and logic to explain the concept of God. Thomas Aquinas setup the framework of this discussion as a question of whether or not God exists. Saint Thomas Aquinas theorized that the five different arguments could be used to prove the existence of God.

Saint Thomas Aquinas first argument is called Motion and he created the first argument to explain that God must be the cause of all motion in the universe. He also believes that both matter and essence are connected to physical objects. Each movement and change in the world accepts that there is a prior cause and a mover that produces that movement. People senses prove that objects and the people are in motion. Things that move are an outcome of potential motion, which than becomes actual motion. People become aware of that certain things around them are in constant change or motion, such as human bodies and the universe. The world is constantly moving and the mover people would call it God. “Whatever is moved is moved by something else. Potentiality is only moved by actuality” (Archie). There is an excellent example of this “an actual oak tree is what produces the potenti...

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...or an end; the nitrogen cycle and Krebs cycles are few example of the argument of Design (Archie). People can look how the world was created and know that the cause of Design was God.

Even though, some people may have thought that Saint Thomas Aquinas was a little odd. Regardless, he was one of those special characters that learned to become in tuned with the meaning of his life, as well as the life of all of God’s creations. His deep understanding of life is evident in the five arguments that Saint Thomas Aquinas used to prove the existence of God. For Saint Thomas Aquinas, he demonstrated his passive for both God and logic through the scientific reasoning of God using the five arguments. This is one of the many things that we can take from Saint Thomas in order to assist humanity to flourish. He was one of the greatest theologians and philosophers of his time.