TY - BOOK AU - Villarroel, Fidel. TI - A History of the University of Santo Tomas : : four centuries of higher education in the Philippines (1611-2011) : volume 1 SN - 9789715066518 AV - LG 205 .V55 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Espana Manila, Philippines PB - UST Publishing House KW - UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS -- HISTORY N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part One. In the century of evangelization the seventeenth century -- Part Two. The eighteenth century: The age of enlightenment N2 - St. Thomas Aquinas once wrote that you cannot love that which you do not know. I hope many Thomasians can have a copy of this precious work of Fr. Villarroel. Some people would describe it as a masterpiece, an epic work, a scholarly treatise, a work of a lifetime. But I prefer to call it a work of love. He wrote it for one simple reason: he loves UST. And because he loves it, he envisions this book not as a flickering candle, but a torch, inflaming the heart of every Thomasian to pursue greatness: greatness in purpose and achievement—for the self, the university, the country, and God ER -