as's summary and statement. Not that he would have students swear by the words ofa master. In philosophy, he says, arguments from authority are of secondary importance;philosophy does not consist in knowing what men have said, but in knowing the truth In the Church. the esteem in which he was held during his life has notbeen diminished, but rather increased, in the course of the six centuries that have elapsedsince his death. It is known that nearly all the founders and framers of laws of religiousorders commanded their societies to study and religiously adhere to the teachings of St.Thomas. ...
