O Ensino em Tomás de Aquino como Consequência de sua Doutrina Filosófica e Teológica

Abstract

Based on the text De magistro, after analyzing some concepts of the doctrine of Saint Thomas Aquinas, and after presenting the themes of the four articles of the aforementioned work, we will understand, specifically, how teaching is a consequence of his philosophical and theological doctrines. We hope that with this work we can provide a broader and deeper understanding of what we understand as a Thomistic philosophy of education, even though Aquinas himself did not formulate it in these more modern terms. Thus, by studying the principles present in De magistro and the implications arising from them, it will become clear that such principles, although accidentally subject to the conditionings of the historical and cultural context of the 13th century, offer perennial lights that indicate paths to solutions for some of the current educational problems, especially regarding the misunderstanding of the role of the teacher and the student, and the naturalistic and fragmented view of the human being.