St. Thomas Aquinas
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St. Thomas Aquinas was a 13th-century Dominican friar, theologian, and philosopher whose synthesis of Christian doctrine with Aristotelian philosophy made him one of the most influential thinkers in Western intellectual and religious history.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Aquinas | 205 |
| Saint Thomas Aquinas | 4 |
| Aquinas | 3 |
| St. Thomas Aquinas canonical | 2 |
| Thomas of Aquin | 1 |
| Thomism | 1 |
| Tommaso d'Aquino | 1 |
| توما الأكويني | 1 |
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Target entity: St. Thomas Aquinas Context triple: [Letter from Birmingham Jail, influencedBy, St. Thomas Aquinas]
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Maimonides
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John Calvin
John Calvin was a 16th-century French theologian and key leader of the Protestant Reformation whose teachings laid the foundations of the Reformed tradition in Christianity.
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René Descartes
René Descartes was a 17th-century French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist, often called the "father of modern philosophy" and known for works such as "Meditations on First Philosophy" and the dictum "Cogito, ergo sum."
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D.
Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius was a pioneering 17th-century Dutch jurist, philosopher, and theologian widely regarded as a founding figure of international law.
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E.
Baruch Spinoza
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: St. Thomas Aquinas Target entity description: St. Thomas Aquinas was a 13th-century Dominican friar, theologian, and philosopher whose synthesis of Christian doctrine with Aristotelian philosophy made him one of the most influential thinkers in Western intellectual and religious history.
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A.
Maimonides
Maimonides was a medieval Jewish philosopher, legal scholar, and physician whose works, especially "The Guide for the Perplexed," profoundly shaped Jewish thought and influenced later rationalist philosophers.
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B.
John Calvin
John Calvin was a 16th-century French theologian and key leader of the Protestant Reformation whose teachings laid the foundations of the Reformed tradition in Christianity.
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C.
René Descartes
René Descartes was a 17th-century French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist, often called the "father of modern philosophy" and known for works such as "Meditations on First Philosophy" and the dictum "Cogito, ergo sum."
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D.
Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius was a pioneering 17th-century Dutch jurist, philosopher, and theologian widely regarded as a founding figure of international law.
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E.
Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century rationalist philosopher whose works on metaphysics, ethics, and religion profoundly influenced Enlightenment thought and modern philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (87)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic saint
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Catholic theologian ⓘ Christian theologian ⓘ Doctor of the Church ⓘ Dominican friar ⓘ human ⓘ metaphysician ⓘ moral philosopher ⓘ philosopher ⓘ scholastic philosopher ⓘ |
| birthName |
St. Thomas Aquinas
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Tommaso d'Aquino
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| burialPlace | Church of the Jacobins, Toulouse ⓘ |
| canonizationDate | 1323 ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | canonized saint ⓘ |
| canonizedBy | Pope John XXII ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 13th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1225 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1274-03-07 ⓘ |
| declaredDoctorOfTheChurchBy | Pope Pius V ⓘ |
| declaredDoctorOfTheChurchDate | 1567 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Cologne
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surface form:
Studium of Cologne
University of Naples Federico II ⓘ
surface form:
University of Naples
Panthéon-Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Paris
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| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| familyName |
St. Thomas Aquinas
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Aquinas
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| feastDay | January 28 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ethics
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metaphysics ⓘ natural theology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Saint ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | O.P. ⓘ |
| influenced |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
Jacques Maritain ⓘ Pope Benedict XVI ⓘ
surface form:
Joseph Ratzinger
Karl Rahner ⓘ Scholastic theology ⓘ
surface form:
Thomism
Scholastic theology ⓘ
surface form:
neo-Thomism
Étienne Gilson ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Albert the Great
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surface form:
Albertus Magnus
Aristotle ⓘ Augustine of Hippo ⓘ Boethius ⓘ Maimonides ⓘ Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinction between essence and existence
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doctrine of analogy of being ⓘ five ways to prove the existence of God ⓘ just war theory contributions ⓘ natural law theory ⓘ synthesis of Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Ecclesiastical Latin
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surface form:
Latin
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| memberOf |
Dominican friars
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surface form:
Dominican Order
Dominican friars ⓘ
surface form:
Order of Preachers
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| notableWork |
Commentaries on Aristotle
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Commentary on the Sentences ⓘ De ente et essentia ⓘ De veritate ⓘ Summa Theologiae ⓘ Summa contra Gentiles ⓘ |
| occupation |
Catholic priest
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philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| patronage |
Catholic schools
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Catholic universities ⓘ philosophers ⓘ students ⓘ theologians ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Scholastic theology
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surface form:
Scholasticism
Scholastic theology ⓘ
surface form:
Thomism
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| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of Sicily
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Roccasecca ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Fossanova Abbey
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near Priverno ⓘ |
| region | Western philosophy ⓘ |
| religion | Catholicism ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Albert the Great
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surface form:
Albertus Magnus
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| taughtAt |
Dominican studia
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Panthéon-Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Paris
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| tradition |
Christian philosophy
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Latin Rite ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
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