{"id":6352,"date":"2018-05-02T12:03:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T12:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revistaespiritu.istomas.org\/beauty-nature-and-arts-in-thomas-aquinas-thought\/"},"modified":"2021-05-22T14:04:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T12:04:58","slug":"beauty-nature-and-arts-in-thomas-aquinas-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revistaespiritu.istomas.org\/en\/beauty-nature-and-arts-in-thomas-aquinas-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauty, nature and arts in Thomas Aquinas\u2019 thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; module_class=&#8221; et_pb_row_fullwidth&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; width=&#8221;94%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;80%&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; 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