Question

G.K. Chesterton believes that Saint Thomas Aquinas viewed man as a whole rather than as a beast like the anthropologists. Why did he think this?

Answer 1

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In his book “Saint Thomas Aquinas” of 1933, G.K. Chesterton portrays Thomas Aquinas as a mysterious and brilliant man. Chesterton believes that Saint Thomas Aquinas view man as a whole, rather than as a beast like the anthropologists because Aquinas conceived men as an intricate spiritual being, not only flesh and blood. Aquinas, in opposition to the anthropology view, considered than man had a divine nature that makes humans special in relation to God.

Gilbert K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English novelist. After his conversión from Anglic to Catholic in 1922, he wrote books on religion such as “The Catholic Church Conversion”, “St. Francis of Assisi”, and the mentioned “Saint Thomas Aquinas”.

Answer 2

G.K. Chesterton believes that Saint Thomas Aquinas viewed man as a whole rather than as a beast like the anthropologists. This is probably because he is more attuned with the moral within which says that man is a reflection of god. 

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