ABSTRACT
This book has proposed a view of faith and reason in Aquinas as an alternative to perspectives that were consolidated over the last centuries. On the basis of those perspectives, faith seems to be just propositional belief, with any consideration of its supernatural origin being excluded from the outset. This book has argued that faith is able to promote reason because of its (faith’s) firmness, and this firmness – so Aquinas teaches throughout his work – is due to charity, which he says God grants to believers. Those who love God and firmly believe the contents of their faith are ready to follow reason wherever it leads, because they firmly believe that faith cannot plausibly be denied by reason. Furthermore, they are ready to abandon their interest and selfishness. In this way, they exclude any form of self-interest that could hinder the search for truth. This is why they become the best candidates to successfully employ reason.
