Aquinas wasn't just a "brain on a stick." He was a mystic who believed that the goal of all study is to "adore more deeply". In a world that often values "knowing" for the sake of winning arguments, Aquinas reminds us that we study to grow the soul.

We live in an era of "doomscrolling" and surface-level knowledge. Interestingly, Aquinas wrote about the vice of curiositas —which he defined as a disordered desire to know things we don't need to know or aren't ready to handle.

The Angelic Doctor in the Digital Age: Why Aquinas Still Matters

: If something is true, it doesn't matter who said it—pay attention to the advice , not just the speaker. 3. Reason Meets Faith

If you’re ready to dive in, don’t feel like you have to read the Summa from page one. It’s better treated as a reference book. Pick a topic that interests you—happiness, law, or friendship—and see how he systematically breaks down objections before offering his own clear synthesis. Final Thought

Instead, he championed studiositas —the focused, disciplined pursuit of wisdom. He even left us "16 Precepts for Acquiring Knowledge," which include timeless advice like:

: Don't plunge into the deep end of a topic immediately; learn the foundations first.