A thought for you. Thomas Aquinas theological writing is the foundational basis for many of the modern Christian religions worldwide. Many of his statements in his writings are strongly influenced by the teachings and writings of Aristotle. Now, I admit that mostly his influence by Aristotle came through other authors, but it is still clearly there. During the Reformation, there was a strong pull to distance one's self from this influence of Aristotle, but in my humble opinion, this ultimately failed as we are back to those influences being present.
The thing is, the one lesson that Saint Aquinas knew and rephrased but stated is missing and is hard for mankind to embrace.
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all"
Think about this. We all in here have theology at some level of what and who we are. We have all increased our own knowledge and we all enjoy learning. But how many of us say we spend the same amount of time on embracing the meaning of educating our heart - learning to be good people, learning to embrace others and their ideas without judging them against our own ideas. If you are like me and we are all truthful, not a lot of time is spent this way. Just look at the last five years in this country and you can see the majority of us embrace anything other than Jesus's teaching of peace love and harmony (my shorthand version of his teachings).
Just something for you to muse on as you spend your day reading writing and interacting with the rest of humanity.
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