A Philosophical Criticism of Augustine and Aquinas

The philosophical criticism of Augustine and Aquinas: the relationship between the soul and the body The relationship between the human soul and the body has been a subject of mysticalization of philosophers, scholars, scientists and humans for centuries. People are always concerned about their own position as an individual in this world, and they try to determine the exact nature or state of the physical form. They care about their happiness in this secular environment and their spiritual happiness; most people are shocked that they can not get rid of the mistakes they make in their bodies.

This paper makes a comparative analysis of the philosophical principles of the two philosophers. These are the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas and the philosophy of Augustine. The author compares the beliefs and principles of the two philosophers with respect to faith and reason, God's existence, knowledge theory, and analytical expression of its basic philosophical method and conclusion. The idea of ​​Thomas Aquinas and Augustine mimics their philosophical heroes, Plato and Aristotle's gestures. Augustine refers to heaven and Aquinas refers to the earth as evidenced by the nature and extent of knowledge as evidenced from their epistemology or perspective. But their ideas are intertwined. There are similarities and differences in the epistemology of the two philosophers detailed in the comparative analysis.

Aquinas and Aristotle. Thomas Aquinas inherited Augustine's theological tradition, including his definition of evil and Aristotle's philosophy - theological tradition. When Akinas obtained a doctorate in Paris University in 1256, the Department of Philosophy made Aristotle the "philosophus" (Philosophus). Like the Apostle Paul is the authority of the Bible, Aristotle is also the authority of philosophy. Thoughters were still reading the texts of Plato, Aristotle analyzed the discussion and provided a clear logical way to propose important new ideas in physics, metaphysics, knowledge theory, ethics, and spiritual philosophy They offered to them. Aquinas tried to combine the new Aristotelian with the teachings of traditional Stoic and Neo-Platonic. Even in the era of military and geopolitical confusion, like Augustine, Aquinas is basically optimistic. For him like Augustine, the human body is not to be despised.