In this video, Fr Bryan Kromholtz, OP discusses the clear influences of both Aristotelian thought and Neo-platonist thought on Thomas Aquinas. While much of Aquinas' philosophy relies heavily on Aristotle, Professor Kromholtz proposes that reading Aquinas as a "strict" Aristotelian would be incorrect, and directs us to examples of Neo-platonist themes at work in Aquinas' thinking about God, creation and beatitude.
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