St Thomas Aquinas

Melvyn Bragg discusses the life, works and enduring influence of the medieval philosopher and theologian St Thomas Aquinas. St Thomas Aquinas’ ideas remain at the heart of the official doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church today and inform philosophical debates on human rights, natural law and what constitutes a ‘just war’.

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Guests

• Martin Palmer 22 episodes
  Director of the International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture
• John Haldane 8 episodes
  Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews
• Annabel Brett 6 episodes
  Lecturer in History at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

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