J4 ›› 2015, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (9): 43-47.

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The Discrimination and Arrogation of Reason and Faith in the Thought of Aquinas

  

  1. (College of Marxism, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671003, China)
  • Received:2015-04-08 Online:2015-09-15 Published:2015-09-15

Abstract:

The tension between reason and faith has always been a big attraction in Western philosophy. Thomas Aquinas, as a
master of scholastic philosophy, strives to separate reason and faith, shows its spirit of tolerance and freedom, and explores the divinity
freedom from the cosmology and the will freedom from epistemology. However, due to the arrogation in the discrimination of reason and
faith, the meaning of discrimination has been weaken.

Key words: Aquinas, rationality, faith, freedom

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