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Thomas Štítné ( Czech Tomáš Štítný ze Štítného; * to 1331 in Štítné; † around 1401 in Prague) was a philosopher of old Bohemian family.
Thomas Štítné was one of the first students of the Emperor Charles IV founded the University of Prague in 1348. He was known by numerous philosophical writings, which were written in his castle Štítné at Pilgram ( Pelhřimov) to a large extent and are counted among the best prose works of Czech literature.
The philosophy underlying his writings is consistent with the Christian- scholastic, in particular that of the revered authority as Thomas Aquinas, according to the content. However, it differs very much in the mold, which is much more homiletic than syllogistic.
He approaches the avid preachers of his age, the precursors of the later Hussite movement, but he removed the other hand by their fanatical hatred of reason, by setting up the reason as the supreme authority. His main work, the date (1889 ) only partially published "Conversations " (edited by heirs, Prague 1850 by Vrtátko, Prague 1873).