Evangelical Poverty - The Order of Preachers for Reason

Aquinas is a universal patron of those who seekery. We would say, in the catholic christians universal aspiration to become poor of heart to serve the truth. The idea here is that if you become poor for the sake of the truth, christ will enlighten you. It's not just one way. If you devote yourself to the truth of christ in prayer and in study, christ will Enlighten you with wisdom. And so aquinas sees his own vocation as one of radical service to the truth. For aquinas, philosophy plays a very important organizing role for the natural life of the mind. He thinks the greatest way to be a philosopher is to be a great cath