Excerpt from Mediaeval Philosophy: Illustrated From the System of Thomas Aquinas The pedagogical aim which we have before us in this little book forces us to limit ourselves to the considera tion Of the great and central doctrines Of Thomism, and to leave aside the innumerable applications Of those doctrines which may be found scattered up and down the extensive works Of Thomas Aquinas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.