ABSTRACT
Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225 or 1227 at the castle of Rocca Secca, a few miles from the town of Aquino, after which he later took his name. By the time that Thomas Aquinas had reached the age of sixteen, his mind was quite made up on the subject of what he wanted to do. He wanted to acquire learning; but he wanted to acquire it in obscurity. The Dominicans had decided, after careful consideration, to appeal to the Pope. This was a bold and usually expensive step, and no organization was advised to embark upon it unless it were either sure of its case or confident in the skill of the man it had selected as emissary. St. Thomas held that the human mind was committed to a standard which prevented our intellect from being converted into something different, and possibly mischievous.
