My Personal Connection to St Thomas Aquinas

In aquinass day, there was a rediscovery of a lot of ancient sources. Many moslem authors had written commentaries on the works of aristotle. Some in europe were very sceptical about that. They didn't want to have anything to do with aristotle's ideas. But Aquinas said we shouldn't reject an idea just because it doesn't come from our tribe. He would then test and incorporate the good ones into his own thought. That aspect of aquinas method also really appeals to me. And as people who listen to the show know, i'm an electicist too. So does that make you a tomist? To draw a distinction depends on what you