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Highlight the specific influences of Plato, Augustine, and Aristotle on the formation of Aquinas' worldview.?
And what specifically did Aquinas borrow from Aristotle's philosophy?
In terms of Aristotle's influence, Aquinas was heavily influenced by his emphasis on empirical observation and his naturalistic approach to understanding the world. Aquinas adopted Aristotle's concept of the Prime Mover, a first cause or ultimate explanation for the existence of the universe. He also borrowed extensively from Aristotle's philosophy of science, using it as a model for his own approach to discovering knowledge of the world.