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THOMISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY AND EPISTEMOLOGY 



Basic Features of Doctrine 

s a result of his strict adherence to Aristotelianism St. 
Thomas is at infinite pains to clarify and correct the heavy 
charge of Platonism, neo-Platonism and Stoicism in the 
atmosphere of scholastic tradition. The reintroduction of the 
works of Aristotle, translated directly from the Greek, neces- 
sitated a complete reform of philosophy and theology. This 
reconstruction was primarily based on a re-clarification of logic, 
since logic expresses reflexively the structure of modes of know- 
ing. The Angelic Doctor's clarity of intellect was greatly