IntroductionI chose Akbar the Mughal Emperor, Procopius and Thomas Aquinas as my three dinner guests. I knew I wanted to write about knowledge. I originally wanted to include the Queen of Sheba as one of the dinner party members, but I wondered if I would be able to say enough about this character. My first choice was Thomas Aquinas because he focused on reason as a means of acquiring knowledge. This means that knowledge is internal to him. One section of the Summa Theologica is the “Gift of Knowledge.” I also wanted to play with Aquinas' writing style. I chose Akbar because he invited many diverse scholars to speak on a wide range of topics. I use his character to discuss how we use knowledge. My final choice fell on Procopius. I chose Procopius instead of the Queen of Sheba, so that I could talk about how we present our knowledge and how our knowledge evolves. Procopius wrote The Secret History and the History of Wars. These works present alternative views of Justinian, which evolved with the events of this period. My goal is to draw a conclusion about the value of knowledge, how knowledge is used, and how knowledge is presented. Thomas Aquinas was born in the 13th century in Italy. At fifteen, Thomas Aquinas was sent to the University of Naples. During this period he was exposed to Aristotle. Although Aquinas disagreed with many of Aristotle's arguments, he fell in love with his style of argumentation. It was also at this time that he learned to use this method for preaching, with other Dominicans. He then studied with other brothers in Cologne. Then he was sent to Paris where he settled the strike between the papal authority and the professors who taught Aristotle. In 1260, he wrote to his master......middle of paper......writers? Looks were exchanged, pages were torn out and who knows what was hidden from this document. Having a record is the best way to present the gift of knowledge, so that we can make the world a better place, but many things are affected by the surrounding situation. Our knowledge is fallible. »Works CitedAquinas, Thomas. “Of the gift of knowledge.” In Summa Theologica, by Thomas Aquinas, 423-424. ndEvans, JAS “Justinian and the Historian Procopius”. Greece and Rome, 1970: 218-223. McCabe, Herbert. On Thomas Aquinas. New York: Burns and Oates, 2008. Monserrate, SJ, Trans. Hoylands, SJ Father Monserrate, SJ's commentary on his journey to Akbar's court. London: Milford, 1922. Procopius and translated by Richard Atwater. The secret history. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1961. Sayre, Henry. The humanities: part 2. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2012.