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Highlight the specific influences of Plato, Augustine, and Aristotle on the formation of Aquinas' worldview.?
Could you explain to me how Plato, Augustine, and Aristotle influenced the formation of Aquinas' worldview?
Sure, I'd be happy to. Plato's philosophy heavily influenced Aquinas' worldview in terms of his ideas on the transcendental nature of thought and ideas, as well as his emphasis on the importance of reason in attaining knowledge of the world. Augustine's ideas on God, morality, and free will also played a significant role in Aquinas' thinking, as did Aristotle's emphasis on empirical observation and the natural world.