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Thomas Aquinas and the Subjective Theory of Value

Thomas Aquinas and the Subjective Theory of Value
A painting of Saint Thomas Aquinas by Carlo Crivelli, 1476. National Gallery, London, Public Domain
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Thomas Aquinas is, without doubt, the greatest Roman Catholic philosopher and theologian when it comes to the depth of his thought and the degree of his influence. Although this is the case, it might seem strange at first to see him mentioned in relation to the history of the subjective theory of value. It was Murray Rothbard nonetheless who first pointed out that the direct ancestor of the Austrian School is the Salamanca School, a Roman Catholic school of Scholastic philosophy and theology, rooted in and deeply indebted to Aquinas.

Federico Silva
Federico Silva
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Federico Silva has a rich interdisciplinary academic background, mainly in law and software engineering. He earned a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with a concentration in Business Law from the University of Buenos Aires and an Associate of Science in Software Engineering from Teclab. At UBA, he discovered the Austrian School of Economics, sparking his lasting interest in its legal and economic applications.