Question

Chesterton writes that Aquinas rejected Monism and quietism. In at least 150 words, define each of these views, and explain why, according to Chesterton, Aquinas's thinking and writing rejects them. Use details from the text to support your responses.

Answer 1

Quietism is an older christian philosophy.
Monaism is the idea that attributes oneness or singleness to a concept. Various kinds of monism can be distinguished.
Aquinas rejected these mainly due to the fact that he In other words, was an anthropologist, with a complete theory of Man, right or wrong.  He did not in any way believe in the divine. However he did believe that he had  "To follow reason as far as it will go;" Aquinas lived in a time where more people believed in man was here for a reason and it would be that reason they had to find some day in his own life such as a king rulling over the people he once was a part of or a poet writing something and it making an impact in the lives of others. He believed in Man living for Man not that some God put us here to live for him instead we must find our reason of being put here and living for that reason.