Die Architektur der Summa theologiae des Thomas von Aquin

This paper briefly shows how Summa Theologiae is composed. We may notice that the structure of Summa results from the careful and precise consideration, further, it perfectly embodies the Scholastic mode for assesing arguments. The remarkable achievement of Aquinas is to demonstrate, through the structure of intellectual reasoning, the rational structure of the universe. Universal idea, reason understood as a principle for a methodological inquiry, serves as the overall rule both for intellectual and aesthetic work. We find its expression in the Medieval architecture, especially in Gothic cathedrals.