Armando Alexandres dos SANTOS
Medieval art, the longing for beauty and the fourth way of St. Thomas Aquinas
A arte medieval, o anseio pela beleza e a quarta via de São Tomás de Aquino
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Keywords: Evidences of the existence of God, Longing for beauty, Medieval Art, Pulchritudinis via, St. Thomas Aquinas.
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03._santos.pdf This article focuses on the fourth way of St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) for the rational demonstration of the existence of God (the way of degrees of perfection) from the specific point of view of the continuous search, in everything, of beauty as an ideal of religious inspiration, in the art and life of the medieval people.
