Plato Aristotle and Socrates
... Thomas Aquinas picked up were Plato and Aristotle left off before him. ... In connecting the two, Aquinas uses Aristotle’s model of individual form as universal. Aquinas goes further then Aristotle in the respect that Aquinas believes that illuminations become the essence of the intellect. ... Aquinas again starts with Aristotle’s notion of form matter unity. ... In order to give a reason why a substance exists, Aquinas also uses Aristotle’s notions of efficient cause and an end. ... Descartes has been called the father of modern philosophy because he took a sharp turn away from previous thinks like Aristotle and Aquinas.