Why the Masterpiece of Medieval Philosophy was Never Finished

The Epiphany of Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas was the shining light of medieval philosophy; he is commonly held to be one of the greatest philosophers of the Western tradition. He was the pinnacle of the Scholastic school of philosophy — the dominant philosophical paradigm of the Medieval era.

But Aquinas was not just a philosopher; he was a theologian and fifty years after his death …