“Causes of individuals presuppose causes of the species, which are not univocal yet not wholly equivocal either, since they are expressing themselves in their effects. We could call them analogical. In language too all universal terms presuppose the non-univocal analogical use of the term *being*.”

Italian Dominican friar, priest, theologian, and philosopher of the 13th century

Thomas Aquinas was an Italian Dominican friar, priest, theologian, and philosopher of the 13th century. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in Catholic theology and Western philosophy. He is best known as the founder of Thomism, the school of thought that developed around his work. His writing shaped later Christian theology and philosophical debate, and his name remains closely associated with reasoned argument about faith, ethics, and the structure of knowledge.