In the course of this essay I intend to broadly present Aquinas's interpretation of God.I will first consider his five proofs of Gods existence, then look at his account of God's composition

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Philosophy of Aquinas.

Vi) Discuss Aquinas on God

In the course of this essay I intend to broadly present Aquinas's interpretation of God.

I will first consider his five proofs of Gods existence, then look at his account of God's composition and then finally attend to his views on God's power. It will be useful to briefly examine Thomas's life and career first however, as a means to understanding the context from which his ideas emerge. St. Thomas Aquinas was was born in 1225 at Roccasecca, halfway between Rome and Naples. He completed his studies in Paris and from there spent much of his early life living in different domminican centres throughout Italy with the Mobile Papal Court. He died in 1274 on route to the council of Lyon. Aquinas was remarkable in that he was convinced that the existence of God could, and should be proved by rational philosophical investigation rather than by faith alone. He believed that Aristotle's ideas and methods were appropriate for Christianity and that the latter would even benefit from the former. In his Metaphysics he incorporates the Aristotelian ideas of potency, act, matter, form, essence and existence and uses these to provide