FAITH AND REASON IN THE LIGHT OF THOMAS AQINA'S PHILOSOPHY
INTRODUCTION So many philosophers have written a lot about the relationship between faith and reason, particularly, those philosophers that existed within the medieval period in the annals of philosophy. Some philosophers opined that faith and reason are two entities that have reconcilable differences. Thus they will always conflict. Some philosophers opined that faith and reason are two entities that have irreconcilable differences, thus they will always conflict. Others opined that faith is superior to reason. On the other hand, some philosophers argued that reason are superior to faith. While some of these Christian thinkers opines that faith and reason are complementary and that the duo need each other to reach their final purposes; that is the attainment of truth. For the sake of delineation of assignment, our focal gaze will be on the thought of Thomas Aquinas’ on the relationship between faith and reason. For us to fully understand his thought, let us briefly look at th...