The Philosophy Of Aristotle s Philosophy - 1454 Words

Aquinas derived his philosophy from his views of christianity and the works of artsophile. This can be seen in his views of how to achieve knowledge, he states that â€Å" â€Å" ( ) God according to him has created the universe and has omnestent, overseeing all actions by humans. God is the highest source of knowledge and has authority over all things. The goal for humanity is to gain some of this knowledge and gain true happiness that achieve through god. Soul according to Aquinas is immortal, derived from the divine. Therefore the sense allows for some knowledge to be gained through reason. Philosophy finds knowledge through reason and rationality to make predications of world around. But humans are flawed in their perceptions of the world†¦show more content†¦As one person he can enforce is one set of moraility, one set of ideas. Unlike with multiple ruler such as a republic which would undoubtable fall into own person desires. The most important part though is that, the single ruler is a repressive of god as seen when the author states, â€Å" â€Å" () Office of the kingship is divine, while the individual which is hument is flawed. This creates two bodied individual. The ruler authority is derived from authority of god, while human side is able to be connected to earth. But the human side is by Aquinas own ideas flawed. How could this single leader maintain power? The key to his maintonous of power is the rulers morality. The leader by having control over the lifes of many, has therefore the most possibility of sinful behavior. In order to control the public, Aquinas believed in natural law and justice is useperatable. Laws must be made according to which nature has divinely sanctioned. Therefore the king has to resist material â€Å"things such as â€Å"wealth and glory† in order to seek the greatest pleasure in the afterlife; Salvation. Actions against the land would simple lead to his own downfall. Their goal therefore is to maintain peace for the â€Å"greater good† so that all the state would be able to achieve salvation. Through the use of relgion, Aquinas is able to create a Near the begaining of the rennessance, Thomas More saw the sixteenth century as flawed. Therefore in his book, â€Å"Utopia†, More