…ns that influenced Thomas’ work in the Summa. One of these traditions is the Roman Stoic tradition. Thomas is well known for his account of law, and his account of law in the Summa — as well as his work on virtue — shows the influence of Roman Stoicism even where Thomas parts company with the Stoic view that the happy life is identical to the virtuous life (Thomas thinks the relationship between happiness and virtue is a bit more complicated than that). A second tradition important to Thomas is that of the Arab speaking thinkers, especially Avicenna …
Christopher M. Brown
