Medieval philosophy, Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas

[Sammy Boy]

Hi all,

I am wondering if anyone knows of any good, reputable / recognised, online websites that contain free information (please don't suggest Wikipedia as my lecturer would not consider that a reputable source of information) which discusses the influence of Aristotle's thinking on Medieval philosophy, with particular reference to the works of Thomas Aquinas? I need this for a class essay.

CDLviking and anyone else reading this who can help, your assistance would be much appreciated. Thank you!

EDIT: I Googled and found one so far: http://www.aquinasonline.com/

Not sure about the other results.

[bigsleepj]

Here's an on-line text about St Thomas Aquinas, though it is self-addmitedly a 'popular sketch' by GK Chesterton. I hope this helps.

Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox

[termyt]

You could check the source material sited for the wiki articles.

[Sammy Boy]

Thanks guys.

Yeh, I forgot to drill a source for sources. LOL

[Technomancer]

There is an online version of the Catholic Encylopedia, which is the same as an earlier print edition. They also have an online version of the Summa Theologica and many other important writings as well.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/index.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14663b.htm

[Kaori]

Is there any particular reason you only want online sources, or can you also use print sources? I don't know of any helpful websites, but there is a chapter in The Medieval Worldview by William R. Cook and Ronald B. Herzman that is devoted to classical influences on medieval thought. If you could find a copy of the book, it would probably be useful for you.

[Sammy Boy]

Thanks for the information, I'll see if the college library has a copy of that.

I actually prefer written (i.e. hard copy) sources rather than online / electronic sources, because I work in the IT industry for a living and staring at the screen all day makes my eyes tired.

The problem is it's hard for me to get a hold of any written works for long enough for me to use it. My local libraries don't have books like these, and the college's library does, but it's often in closed reserve (i.e. no borrowing allowed), or on overnight loan. I don't live close to the college, so it's hard for me to be constantly going back and forth to borrow books.

I will probably try to photocopy some of the material for use at home, but there are only two photocopier machines for students to use, and sometimes one of them is broken down, meaning there is only one left.

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