Aquinas Institute

What do John Locke, modern political liberty, international law, and the Spanish scholastics have in common? Five hundred years ago, the School of Salamanca emerged as one of Europe's most influential intellectual movements. Its theologians and philosophers grappled with questions that remain remarkably familiar: What makes political authority legitimate? Are there universal human rights? What...

Few concepts have exercised as much influence on Western thought as divine providence, shaping debates about divine agency, cosmic order, human freedom, and the problem of evil from antiquity onwards. Although providence occupies a central place in Christian theology, its development was deeply influenced by ancient philosophical traditions, particularly Platonism. This symposium brings together scholars...