He was an Italian Dominican priest, but an immensely influential philosopher and theologian. He was known as Doctor Angelicus. He was also known as the father of Thomism. He had had a great influence on Western thought, which is significant, and much of modern philosophy was perceived as a feedback in opposition to, or as conformity with his thoughts. His particular areas of interest were the ethics, natural law and political theory. Since he was a theologian and a Scholastic philosopher, he had much admiration for Aristotle. Thomas stands as a medium and modifier of Aristotelianism and Neoplatonism. He maintained that a human is a solitary substance matter. He believed the soul to be the form of body, which made a human being the composite of the two and that one actually comes from body and soul. His belief was that the goal of human existence was merger and everlasting association with God. Thus he clearly stated his position to be of the nature of his soul. He defined the soul to be the first principle of life.
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