Tag: #Natural Law

Medieval

Thomas Aquinas: "Grace Does Not Destroy Nature but Perfects It" — The "Angelic Doctor" Who Baptized Pagan Philosophy and Built a Cathedral of Faith and Reason

In the thirteenth century, Thomas Aquinas integrated Aristotelian philosophy into Christian theology and systematized the harmony of faith and reason through the Five Ways and natural law.

Ancient

Thomas Hobbes: The Philosopher Who Engineered the State from Fear

Hobbes depicted the state of nature as a war of all against all, and derived the social contract and absolute sovereignty from fear and reason alone. The starting point of modern political philosophy.