Daniel Paul Dizon

The Benefactions of Saint Thomas Aquinas Daniel Paul Dizon

Essay from the year 2013 in the subject History Europe - Other Countries - Middle Ages, Early Modern Age, grade: 100.00, Oral Roberts University, language: English, abstract: A gift is a thing given willingly to someone without payment. The adjoining definition of a gift is a natural ability or talent. A benefaction is a gift or a contribution of an individual who possesses a historical significance because of the individual's bestowals. Thomas Aquinas is the specific individual that this research will highlight. Saint Thomas Aquinas lived from 1225-1274. Thomas Aquinas studied at Monte Cassino. However, little is known about his studies here. Aquinas later on moved to the University of Naples before finally advancing to the University of Paris to complete his studies. Thomas Aquinas focused his studies in the arts of the trivium, and those of the quadrivium. Trivium is a Latin terminology meaning, "the three ways" comprised with the subjects grammar, rhetoric, and logic which were thought first. Following these subjects is the quadrivium, consisting of the arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy. These studies constituted the secular education that complemented sacred doctrine that came from the Bible.