Positive reconstruction · reader-scoped, not an inferred-absence lacuna
This reconstruction covers the readable fraction of Thomas Aquinas's formation -- attested reading and writing only, not the whole of a life.
Thomas Aquinas and Epistolae (Augustine)
Thomas Aquinas's attested relationship to Epistolae (Augustine).
Thomas Aquinas is attested as having read this work by Augustine of Hippo.
Evidence ledger
- Citation-derived from Aquinas's own ingested Latin text (pattern=aquinas-citation-22344-1362-1381): Augustine + work cue 'Epist': clear authority+work, proposing new Work 'Epistolae (Augustine)'; argumentative position unmarked in window