Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-15T12:50:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 457995.pdf: 837783 bytes, checksum: 7795cbaa95bbe4686962df85224abf3e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-25 / This dissertation intends to investigates the arguments that the Saint and Doctor of the Roman Catholic Church, Thomas Aquinas introduces in his thinking concerning of free will and the way that he envisages the Divine Providence. It analyzes the development of these issues over the course of patristic, as well as some of the main ideas of the thinkers who were the pillars of the catholic saint. With reference to his magnum opus, the Summa Theologica, this dissertation looks for the dimension of free will that humans have in front of the divine will in many issues of his work. / A presente disserta??o procura investigar os argumentos que o santo e doutor da Igreja Cat?lica Apost?lica Romana, Tom?s de Aquino, apresenta no seu pensamento referente ao livre-arb?trio e como este encontra espa?o perante a Divina Provid?ncia. Para tanto, analisa-se o desenvolvimento dessas quest?es ao decorrer da patr?stica, bem como as principais ideias de alguns dos pensadores que foram pilares do pensamento do santo cat?lico. Tendo como refer?ncia sua obra m?xima, a Suma Teol?gica, a disserta??o procura em diversas quest?es da obra a dimens?o do livre-arb?trio que o ser humano possui perante a vontade divina.