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The philosophy of St. Thomas is commonly considered the Christian philosophy. Christianity is the breaking-in of supernatural Might into the natural world. Thomistic thought belongs organically in the development of philosophy; it constitutes one of its phases. Philosophy is a natural venture of man. Man thinks by his natural faculties, whereas he can have faith only by having the supernatural gift of Grace in addition to what he has naturally. Philosophy involves man, and is responded to by his thought — by his nature. Christianity involves man, and is responded to by faith — the superhuman gift given to him by supernatural Might.
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© 1966 Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands
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Vycinas, V. (1966). Saint Thomas Aquinas. In: Greatness and Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-0661-8_9
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