Aquinas essays

The First Part of the Second Part, the Prima Secundae, deals with happiness (flourishing) as the goal of human existence, the general principles of morality which conduce to happiness, the natural law which guides man in his quest for happiness, and human and divine government, which exist to assist man in his quest.

The Big Bang theory is a good example to proof Aquinas’s theory. The Big Bang is accepted by most scientists that the universe is an explosion. The Big Bang is the beginning of space and time of matter and energy, and it is the beginning of our expanding universe. But the universe does have an absolute beginning, which was a first physical event.

In this violence, man is the main culprit, but at the same time he is also the very victim. It is a sad reality. However, man by nature is good because he is made in the image and likeness of the Absolute Good, but he is still capable of doing evil and inflicting harm to others. Among other corporeal being, man has the privileged position.

To remedy this, on the feast of St. Thomas, we herein offer a very brief introduction to the life of this indispensable Catholic theologian, and his most famous work the Summa Theologiae, and pray that in so doing Leo’s exhortation may again be heeded in our own day. Saint Thomas was an Italian Catholic priest in the 13th century.