Renegat de Renastere, cazut in uitarea Epocii Luminilor, Evul Mediu revine in constiinta publica si in dezbaterile savante contemporane. Si o face, eliberat de artificialul idealizarii romantice, ca obiect al stiintei istorice pozitive ori ca topos istorico-geografic incarcat cu semnificatie identitara. Intr-adevar, mai mult decat Antichitatea clasica, a carei mostenire Occidentul o imparte cu Islamul sau cu spatiul bizantin, medievalitatea latina e resimtita astazi ca origine a modernitatii europene, ca locul in care Apusul se constituie si ajunge pentru prima data la constiinta de sine. Iata de ce interesul pentru cele douazeci si una de intrebari despre suflet ale lui Toma d’Aquino esten multiplu: teologic, filozofic sau istoric. Nascute din dispute universitare, IntrebarileIntrebarile definesc fizionomia sufletului si facultatile sale, raportul acestuia cu corpul, dar si ierarhia existentelor, cosmosul, ingerii sau pe Dumnezeu. In ele descoperim, asadar, marile teme ale filosofiei medievale, cele care, la interferenta influentelor arabe, grecesti si crestine, vor da nastere unuia dintre primele ale omului european.
Thomas Aquinas was an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus and Doctor Communis.
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.
The philosophy of Aquinas has exerted enormous influence on subsequent Christian theology, especially that of the Roman Catholic Church, extending to Western philosophy in general, where he stands as a vehicle and modifier of Aristotelianism, which he fused with the thought of Augustine.
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