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What Is Politics About Anyway? Thomas Aquinas on the Common Good | Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P.

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Reverence for Politics and the Common Good in Medieval Thought

Discover how medieval thinkers like Dante and Thomas Aquinas revered politics and political leaders, valuing the common good as a divine pursuit despite their own sufferings under rulers, influenced by ancient Greek and Roman writers.

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