You call him a Dumb Ox; I tell you that the Dumb Ox will bellow so loud that his bellowing will fill the world. Albert the Great

Dubbed the Dumb Ox by his classmates for his shyness, Saint Thomas Aquinas proved to be possessed of the rarest brilliance, justifying the faith of his teacher, Albert the Great, and sparking a revolution in Christian thought. Chesterton s unsurpassed examination of Aquinas thinking makes his philosophy accessible to listeners of any generation.

Etienne Gilson, the twentieth century s foremost authority on Aquinas, has said of this work, I consider it as being without possible exception the best book ever written on Saint Thomas. Nothing short of genius can account for such an achievement.