Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition

Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition

The Inspiration of Bob Page
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"This image shows an icon of St. Thomas Aquinas with Plato and Aristotle beside him and Averroes at his feet in defeat. Next to this is an image of Bob Page from Mankind Divided and next to that is the magazine cover from Deus Ex."
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Athanasius Oct 8, 2024 @ 3:16pm 
kinda weird Averroes is on his feet because he quotes Averroes as an authority in aristotelism as he does with Maimonides
Guilherme May 21, 2024 @ 10:13am 
Beautiful Screenshot :UDG_Heart:

Meet my group about weird games :old_mouse:
Discipulus Thomisticus  [author] Jan 17, 2021 @ 10:55pm 
"When I was in New York recently, the suffering that I saw on the streets was unconscionable. Thomas Aquinas, a personal icon, worked his entire life to ease such terrible pain. This is the very least I could do."

— Bob Page, as quoted in "Page Donates to Area Clinic"

Here are the Deus Ex Wiki pages for both Aquinas and Bob Page. These articles will provide all the relevant information.

https://deusex.fandom.com/wiki/Aquinas

https://deusex.fandom.com/wiki/Bob_Page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas

Anyway, I am interested in this because I have a background in Thomist philosophy and theology.

Thanks for asking. Happy New Year.
Discipulus Thomisticus  [author] Jan 17, 2021 @ 10:55pm 
The person in the icon on the left is Saint Thomas Aquinas, who is the principal theologian and philosopher of the Roman Catholic Church. Bob Page is a Thomist, a scholar who follows Saint Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas is the primary inspiration for Bob Page in the original Deus Ex story. Bob Page always talks about Aquinas, and even names the Aquinas computer technology in honour of him.


Atoombom007 Jan 17, 2021 @ 3:18am 
Interesting, but if the guy in the middle in the left pic is what he's based on, the question is then who is he based on? (Cause I don't recognise him)
Side note, Page does look kinda sad/troubled in the middle pic.