Abstract

OLIVEIRA, Elói Maia de  and  CARVALHO, Alonso Bezerra. Can the master teach something through speech? An analysis of the works De Magistro of Saint Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. Educação e Filosofia [online]. 2021, vol.35, n.73, pp.27-51.  Epub Jan 11, 2024. ISSN 1982-596X.  https://doi.org/10.14393/revedfil.v35n73a2021-56732.

This article aims to investigate in the worksDe Magistroof Saint Augustine and Thomas Aquinas the possibility of teaching through the figure of the master and / or an external agent to the disciple or individual. Augustine defends the thesis that only God teaches and the figure of the master becomes only as a helper in the learning process for the disciple's inner truth, a thesis formulated through his Theory of Enlightenment. Thomas Aquinas does not completely contradict Augustine, but he defends the role and the importance of the master on the type of knowledge that he can provide to the disciple, having a substantial role in the learning process to acquire knowledge. Both are concerned with the extent to which the master can teach, what he teaches and how he teaches with a view to understanding how the human being's knowledge process takes place, relating it to the truth of things.

Keywords : Saint Augustine; Thomas Aquinas; De Magistro; Teaching; Learning.

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