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What do modern Philosophers think of Aquinas?

I attend a Catholic university, so my exposure to Aquinas has been extensive to say the least. Because of the reverence for Aquinas, including concepts such as but not exclusive to his five ways, I haven’t really had the opportunity to be exposed to what some of the more modern, secular takes on his writings are.

Is Aquinas’ writings on Philosophy and Theology, in particular his “proofs” of God, still held in decent regard by Philosophers today? Or is Aquinas’ writings and arguments considered to be “dated” or “false” within modern thought.
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>Is Aquinas’ writings on Philosophy and Theology, in particular his “proofs” of God, still held in decent regard by Philosophers today?

Yes.

> Or is Aquinas’ writings and arguments considered to be “dated” or “false” within modern thought.

This too.

One common mistake people make when they approach the history of philosophy is that they think the job is to sort everyone into two categories: "correct and thus worth reading today as if they are contemporary philosophers publishing right now" and "incorrect and thus not worth reading at all." That's ridiculous. No historian of philosophy thinks like that. In fact most historians of philosophy are not very concerned with whether a philosopher is correct or incorrect.

Instead they are concerned with what a philosopher is arguing and why, who the philosopher was influenced by and who they influenced, how we can link the philosopher's ideas to contemporary ideas, and many other things besides. People are interested in all of those things when it comes to Aquinas. Does this mean they think he was right about anything? No, not necessarily. Does this mean they think he isn't dated? No, of course not. Dude's been dead for hundreds of years. Of course he's dated. But philosophy is not like the fruit section of a grocery store: the goal here is not just to get the newest stuff. Philosophers are interested in dated things too.