About Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar and theologian (1225–1274), the central figure of scholasticism and of the natural-law tradition. The Treatise on Law, drawn from his Summa Theologiae, distinguishes eternal, natural, human, and divine law, and argues that a human law that conflicts with natural law is 'no longer a law but a corruption of law.' This framework shaped Western legal and political thought for centuries and still anchors natural-law arguments about justice and the limits of state authority.
Books by Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
The towering synthesis of Christian theology and Aristotelian philosophy, and the foundation of the natural-law tradition that still shapes debates over justice, rights, and human law. In its treatise on law, Aquinas ar…
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A core natural-law text connecting law, reason, morality, divine order, and political authority.
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