The Autonomous In The Thought Of Saint Tomas Aquino.

A Response To The Reading By Francis Schaeffer.

Abstract

In this brief writing, we intende to reflect on a conception related to of Saint Thomas thought, as exposed in the works of Francis Schaeffer, specially in his booklet, Escape From Reason. This conception permeats not only the trilogy to which this work belongs, but the entire thoughtof the authorin question. Roughly speaking, we can say that Francis Schaeffer advocates finding in the work of Saint Thomas Aquinas, the idea of na autonomy of reason, but note only that, but autonomy of reason in the face of soteriological problem. Therefore, we intend to find out if this thesis Schaeffer is justified our not; for that, we will refer not only to the work in question, but, above all, to the writtings of Saint Thomas Aquinas himself, which are certainly abundant in the discussion about the status of reason, both in the pre-fall state, as in the post-fall state, remembering in that the latte is the most relevant for the prsent discussion.