{"product_id":"how-to-think-like-aquinas-the-sure-way-to-perfect-your-mental-powers-paperback","title":"How to Think Like Aquinas: The Sure Way to Perfect Your Mental Powers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Vost\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e About St. Thomas Aquinas, Pope John XXII said: \"A man can derive more profit in a year from his books than from pondering all his life the teaching of others.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And Pope Pius XI added: \"We now say to all who are desirous of the truth: 'Go to St. Thomas.' \" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when we do go to Thomas - when we open his massive \u003ci\u003eSumma Theologica\u003c\/i\u003e or another of his works - we're quickly overwhelmed, even lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If we find him hard to read, how can we even begin to \"think like Aquinas?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now comes Kevin Vost -- the best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe One-Minute Aquinas\u003c\/i\u003e -- armed with a recently rediscovered letter St. Thomas himself wrote - a brief letter to young novice monk giving practical, sage advice about how to study, how to think, and even how to live. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this letter written almost 800 years ago, St. Thomas reveals his unique powers of intellect and will, and explains how anyone can fathom and explain even the loftiest truths. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Vost and St. Thomas will teach you how to dissect logical fallacies, heresies, and half-truths that continue to pollute our world with muddy thinking. Best of all, you'll find a fully-illustrated set of exercises to improve your intellectual powers of memory, understanding, logical reasoning, shrewdness, foresight, circumspection, and practical wisdom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e You'll also learn: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The four steps to training your memory. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e How to know your mental powers - and their limits. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Why critical thinking alone is insufficient for reaching the truth. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Twenty common fallacies - and how to spot them. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The key to effectively reading any book. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e How to set your intellect free by avoiding worldly entanglements. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e How to commit key truths to memory. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e Pius XI called St. Thomas Aquinas the \"model\" for those who want to \"pursue their studies to the best advantage and with the greatest profit to themselves.\" Leo XIII urged us all to \"follow the example of St. Thomas.\" Over the centuries, dozens of other popes have praised him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Surely it is time to listen to these good men, time to \"go to Thomas,\" to learn to think like him, and, yes, even to live like him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbout St. Thomas Aquinas, Pope John XXII said: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A man can derive more profit in a year from his books \u003cbr\u003ethan from pondering all his life the teaching of others.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eAnd Pope Pius XI added: \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"We now say to all who are desirous of the truth: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Go to St. Thomas.' \"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut when we \u003cem\u003edo go\u003c\/em\u003e to Thomas - when we open his massive \u003cem\u003eSumma Theologica\u003c\/em\u003e or another of his works - we're quickly overwhelmed, even lost.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf we find him hard to read, how can we even begin to \"think like Aquinas?\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow comes Kevin Vost -- the best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eThe One-Minute Aquinas\u0026gt; -- armed with a recently rediscovered letter St. Thomas himself wrote - a brief letter to young novice monk giving practical, sage advice about how to study, how to think, and even how to live.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this letter written almost 800 years ago, St. Thomas reveals his unique powers of intellect and will, and explains how anyone can fathom and explain even the loftiest truths.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVost and St. Thomas will teach you how to dissect logical fallacies, heresies, and half-truths that continue to pollute our world with muddy thinking. 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