St. Thomas Aquinas, following Aristotelian principles, believed in the unity of body and soul, asserting that the soul requires a body to gain knowledge. He and his fellow Scholastics also emphasized the importance of physical well-being for overall health, integrating this belief into a broader philosophical and religious framework that valued the body and physical fitness.

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St. Thomas Aquinas

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St. Thomas Aquinas

A) believed, as did Aristotle, that the soul needs a body to acquire knowledge.
B) developed with his fellow Scholastics, a philosophical and religious justification for cherishing the body and valuing physical fitness and recreation because of the benefits of physical, mental, social, and moral well-being.
C) Believed, as did Aristotle, in the unity (mind and body) of man.
D) All of the above.
E) A and C only.

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