Thomas Aquinas Research Paper

Improved Essays
Alyssa Brown
Professor Rule
Philosophy 1638
10/25/14
Writing Assignment 2
Thomas Aquinas
Paris, Italy

Dear Mr. Erwin,

Ciao, I am Thomas Aquinas and I am extremely interested and wish to apply for the tenure-track coaching position that is currently available at Rogers State University. I would be a great asset for this particular position because of my many accomplishments and outlooks that would lead the Hillcat team to success.
Firstly, I have recently made quite a long distance move to Claremore, Oklahoma from Athens, Greece a few months ago, which is one reason why I would be able to bring a fresh mind to the table. I first attended Plato’s Academy in my hometown of Athens before realizing just how important tutoring and teaching
…show more content…
I spent most of my time studying and developing my own ideas and views of logic. I discovered that logic could be classified into several categories. One of these categories is determination in time and space, which is extremely crucial in order to accomplish goals especially when a team is involved. The Hillcats need to understand and be able to interpret the true meaning of determination, and I will be able to assist the athletes in this area. The subject of determination is one that benefits not only the athletes but also the entire …show more content…
Reasoning comes with great responsibility, and should not be taken lightly especially in athletics. Action and reason go hand-in-hand and both gain energy from the other. Once an athlete displays action with reason then all else should fall into place on and off of the track. I believe that my own reasoning and actions will provide a stronger and much more competitive team as the season progresses.
A third philosophical concept of mine is that of passion. I find that if each team member strives to succeed with passion that no matter the outcome each member is capable of walking off of the track with his or her head held high. Every member will then have a greater respect for one another as each one realizes the amount of heart that was placed in each event. Once respect is found amongst a team it creates a much stronger bond among members, and I view that as an accomplishment in itself. Passion is vital to the entire team, which is what I plan to instill in each and every one of the

Related Documents

  • Decent Essays

    Which explorer had the greatest impact? Juan Ponce de Leon because he accompanied Christopher Columbus on his 1493 voyage Ponce de León was a member of this expedition, one of 200 "gentleman volunteers. " They took the second voyage to America He and his family settled on an island in the Caribbean named Hispaniola (Dominican Republic). De Leon A decade later, he was serving as governor of the eastern province of Hispaniola when he decided to explore a nearby island, which became Puerto Rico.…

    • 262 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    St Francis of Assisi was born with the name Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone in the year 1181 in Assisi, Italy. His parents were Pica de Bourlemont (mother) and Pietro Bernardone die Moriconi (father). When Francis was born his father was on a business trip to France so his mother had him baptized him. When his father returned home from his trip he renamed him to Francesco. This was either because of his interest in France or his wife’s background.…

    • 831 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    I Corinthians 9:24 states, “Do you not know that those who run a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you obtain it”. This Bible verse has had significant meaning to me particularly while running track in high school. Track is a sport that requires hard work, determination, speed, focus, and self-discipline.…

    • 337 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Accountability, unity, and intentionality are fundamental elements of a successful team. All three of these elements are interdependent on each other, yet are significant on their own. For these elements to work, each member of a team must depend on each other’s contribution, but not rely on one member to do all the work. As well, an intentional goal must be set for all members to unify the same mentality. In my own experience with the Buckeye Twirl baton team, we fail to perform as a team and work as individuals.…

    • 798 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    I believe Flannery O’Connor is an epistemological Thomist because she agrees with Aquinas when discussing knowledge, abstract ideas, and reason. O’Connor agrees with Aquinas by citing him multiple times in her essay and uses his statements as starting points and support for her discussions about art and writing and how each relates to knowledge. Firstly, O’Connor begins her essay discussing the nature of fiction by relating it directly to the beginning of knowledge. According to Gilson, Thomistic epistemology states that “‘whatever is received into something else is received according to the mode of the receiver’” (210).…

    • 780 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Marco Polo Research Paper

    • 2007 Words
    • 9 Pages

    I am going to start off my source study by giving a detailed description of Marco Polo. Marco Polo was a very important and relevant person in history. He was one of the biggest traders and explorers from the Venetian Republic in the 14th century. He was on the the first people to explore the silk road into China. In my source study I am going to try and tell you what I observed he saw and took note of on his trip.…

    • 2007 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Walking on the pool deck my freshman year I was nervous yet excited. I questioned what I was doing as I had never played water polo, but I decided to give it a try. I thought, ‘how hard could it be.’ My first practice proved it was truly brutal. I was out of shape, did not perform the drills correctly, and I could barely swim with the ball.…

    • 347 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Saint Francis of Assisi is one of the most beloved and well known saints of the world today. Saint Francis was born on 1181. Saint Francis was born into a wealthy family. Francis later participated in the fourth crusade. Francis obviously wanted more than wealth but to be a noble knight and have power.…

    • 664 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Ignatius Loyola: Saint Ignatius Loyola was a priest and theologist from Spain. He was born on October 23rd 1491 and died on July 31st 1556. He is most famous for being the founder of the society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuits. During the 16th century people in Europe were starting to break away from away from the Roman Catholic church and the time of reformation started to take place.…

    • 1030 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    “Let’s go you can do this, finish strong, you are almost there!” Is what I would yell as my teammates strived towards the gold medal. Before participating in track and field I lived inside of a shell, because I was very shy and timid. I had zero experience in track and field, and wanted to be someone outside of an introvert. Being a part of track and field allowed me to develop my personality of leadership.…

    • 299 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy. He was the son of Italian musician and musical theorist, Vincenzo Galilei, and Giulia Ammannati. Galileo was the oldest of 5 children in his family. Not only was he a mathematic professor and astronomer, but he was also a scientist. In fact, he was nicknamed “The Father of Modern Science”.…

    • 699 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    My running career has surprisingly taught me a great understanding of the meaning of Sportsmanship and Teamwork. Because as captain, my coach had advised me that I would need to be a leader and set an example for my teammates, that they would watch my words and interactions with other competitors, how they would follow me around and ask questions about track meets. I was warned that how I lead them this year would affect their running careers after I was gone. But I knew this already, due to the fact that I had once been in their shoes with my previous captain.…

    • 309 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Lesson in Quitting For the past 7 years of my life, swimming has played a huge role. Growing up, I had always enjoyed being in the water, and was one of the odd kids that genuinely enjoyed swimming lessons, no bribes required (thinking about it, I wish I had some of those kids in the lessons I teach now). Overtime, it began to feel less like a passion and more like an obligation; something I had committed to that was too late to stop. I was afraid to quit, afraid to disappoint, and trying to be dedicated to a sport I had lost interest in made me start to hate it. This year, I finally decided to drop the sport, and am now embracing the huge change it has had in my life.…

    • 1176 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The will at its core is an appetite, appetites are inclined toward a mean. Through appetitive powers we use our unconscious, intentional, sensing or intellect to reach our desires. All powers reach for their respective good. For Thomas Aquinas will is having the intellectual power to be able to perceive the presence of goodness. Beings with intellect hold “ a knowledge whereby they perceive the aspect of goodness” this inclination is the will.…

    • 986 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    The presence of a sort of tension between faith and reason has been innate to humans since people first started to question what the true purpose of life is. The existence of this separation could be clearly viewed by looking comparing Athens and Jerusalem, with Athens representing truth through reason and philosophy and Jerusalem representing truth through insights of revelation and purity of soul. Therefore, faith and reason have always posed tension by their proximity and their constantly juxtaposing views. Many view these two concepts as complete opposites, that reason is proven by fact and that faith cannot be proven. However, some philosophers have described how faith and reason can actually come together to come to the truth and how faith can be an extension of the reason that works to reach a higher truth.…

    • 1716 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays