Abstract

TELLEZ MAQUEO, Ezequiel. Tomás de Aquino como antecedente medieval de la tolerancia moderna. Tópicos (México) [online]. 2009, n.36, pp.39-65. ISSN 0188-6649.  https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v36i1.126.

The author examines briefly some texts belonging to the thomistic corpus, in which is shown that tolerance is not a proper value of modernity, but it was practiced and explained by Thomas Aquinas who lived in a rich multicultural period of history as the medieval age as, here he defended convincingly his on beliefs ith respect and toleration in the presence of all kind of thinkers ( muslims and jewish thinkers, heretics, unbelievers, etc.) with whom he didn't agree entirely. After concluding that prostitution is inmoral but not illegal according to Aquinas, such any tolerant philosopher would do it, the author determines the nature and limits of this ethic virtue, giving good reasons to be cultivated it by anyone.

Keywords : tolerance; Thomism; Medieval Philosophy; Aquinas.

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