Aquinas: An Introduction to the Life and Work of the Great Medieval ThinkerAuthor Contributor(s): Copleston, F. C. Publisher: Penguin Books Date: 1 30 1956 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW Aquinas (1224 74) lived at a time when the Christian West was opening up to a wealth of Greek and Islamic philosophical speculation. An embodiment of the thirteenth century ideal of a unified interpretation of reality (in which philosophy and theology work together in harmony), Aquinas was remarkable for the way in which he used and