Thomism
noun
the theological and philosophical system of Thomas Aquinas.
Thomistic
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a word derived from
Thomism.
Example Sentences
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William is friend of Occam, admirer of Bacon, devotee of Aristotle, and consumate practitioner of Thomistic analysis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2016
Thomistic philosophy at Catholic colleges; U of San Diego & Loyola; business, math/stat.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2010
The most single-minded and conservative of the three is the work of a modern Thomistic philosopher, Georgetown University's Germain Grisez.
From Time Magazine Archive
He calls up the Thomistic view, derived from Aristotle, that ideas are the basic concepts, the universal truths by which we understand experiences.
From Time Magazine Archive
With excitement I’d study complex Pauline and Thomistic theology and I’d remember with something like scorn the simple instructions of The Baltimore Catechism.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
