Given at Aquinas College on February 1, 2024
Abstract: The medieval scholar Albert the Great is best known today as the teacher of Thomas Aquinas. Yet, Albert’s contributions to Western civilization go far beyond this. He was not only an important church leader and accomplished theologian, but he was also the central figure in the medieval scientific revolution that gave rise to the tradition of experimental research that continues today.
Michael W. Tkacz is Bernard J. Coughlin, S.J. Professor of Christian Philosophy at Gonzaga University and past president of the Society for Thomistic Natural Philosophy.
Top Image: Saint Albertus Magnus, a fresco by Tommaso da Modena (1352), Chapter hall of convent of St. Nicholas, Treviso, Italy. Photo by Risorto Celebrano / Wikimedia Commons
