... by the great souls of philosophy (Alighieri III. 131-132)." The philosophy of Aristotle influenced Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas, two of Dante's favorite Christian thinkers, whom, Raffa notes, "strove to validate the role of reason and to sharpen its relationship to faith." Dante also had the influence of Aristotelian thought on him, notably in the content ... medieval Europe and the world today. Some may believe that humans are constantly at odds with the animal component of their being. The inner animal within humans originates from the free will given to humans from birth. Once...

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