Saint Thomas Aquinas - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

This thinker defines beauty as “that which pleases when seen” in a book also containing five proofs for the existence of God. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this Scholastic philosopher who wrote Summa Theologica.

ANSWER: Saint Thomas Aquinas [or Tommaso d’Aquino; prompt on Saint Thomas or Santo Tommaso]

[10m] In the Summa, Aquinas equates beauty with this concept, which is absent in the privation theory of another concept. Philosopher-kings should seek to have knowledge of the Form of this concept according to Plato.

ANSWER: goodness [accept absence of good or privation of good; accept Form of the Good]

[10h] This thinker claimed to be rid of his faith after his work on Thomas Aquinas which led him to write The Development of Medieval Aesthetics. This developer of “interpretative semiotics” was inspired by Baudrillard for an essay that analyzes Disneyland.

ANSWER: Umberto Eco

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Florida	Main	Y	13	11.54	100%	15%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	63%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	10.00	80%	20%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	13.00	100%	20%	10%
South Central	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	13.75	100%	13%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	13.75	100%	25%	13%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


UCI	UCLA C	0	0	0	0
Claremont Pitzer	UCLA A	10	0	0	10
UCLA B	Claremont Scripps	10	10	0	20
McGill B	Carleton	10	0	0	10
McGill A	Toronto B	10	10	0	20
McGill C	Queen's A	10	0	0	10
McMaster B	Guelph B	10	0	0	10
Ottawa	Toronto C	10	0	0	10
Western Ontario	Queen's B	10	0	0	10
Toronto A	Guelph A	10	10	0	20
Toronto D	McMaster A	10	0	0	10
Toronto E	Waterloo	10	0	0	10
Toronto G	Toronto Metropolitan	10	0	0	10
McMaster C	Toronto I	10	0	0	10
Toronto J	Toronto F	10	0	0	10
Toronto H	Toronto K	10	0	0	10
UCSB	USC	0	0	10	10
USC	UCSB	10	0	10	20
UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	UCSD Vices and Virtues	10	0	0	10
UCLA D	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	10	0	0	10
North Carolina B	Liberty A	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Liberty B	10	0	0	10
Virginia Tech A	North Carolina C	10	10	0	20
Virginia B	James Madison	10	10	0	20
Clemson A	Liberty C	10	10	0	20
NC State	North Carolina A	10	10	0	20
Clemson B	South Carolina B	10	0	0	10
Virginia Tech B	Tusculum	10	0	0	10
Princeton A	Rutgers B	10	0	0	10
Lehigh B	Rutgers C	0	0	0	0
Rowan A	Columbia A	10	0	0	10
Columbia B	Lehigh A	10	10	0	20
Vassar A	Columbia C	10	0	0	10
Chicago A	Kentucky	10	0	0	10
Notre Dame B	Chicago B	10	0	0	10
Chicago D	Illinois C	10	0	0	10
Illinois A	Michigan B	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame C	Indiana B	10	10	0	20
Louisville A	Notre Dame A	10	0	0	10
Chicago C	Louisville B	10	0	0	10
Purdue C	Michigan C	10	0	0	10
Illinois B	Michigan D	10	0	10	20
Purdue A	Notre Dame D	10	0	0	10
Macalester A	Iowa State	10	10	0	20
Macalester B	Minnesota A	10	0	0	10
Minnesota B	St. Thomas	10	0	0	10
Carleton	Nebraska	10	10	0	20
Wisconsin	Minnesota C	10	0	0	10
Arizona State A	UCO	10	0	10	20
Arizona State B	Tulsa	10	0	0	10
Iowa	Ohio	10	0	0	10
McGill D	Northwestern B	10	0	0	10
Texas B	Northwestern A	10	0	10	20
UTD A	Rose State	10	10	0	20
Alberta B	Texas A	10	0	0	10
Northwestern C	UTD B	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Auburn A	10	0	0	10
Alabama B	Auburn B	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech B	10	0	0	10
Huntsville A	Alabama A	10	0	0	10
Mississippi State A	Huntsville B	10	10	0	20
UAB A	Sewanee A	10	0	0	10
Vanderbilt A	Vanderbilt B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Bruin A	10	0	0	10
Cambridge D	Oxford B	10	0	0	10
Southampton B	Sheffield A	10	0	0	10
Durham A	Warwick A	10	0	0	10