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A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.
Thomas Aquinas
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Thomas Aquinas
Age: 49 †
Born: 1225
Born: February 1
Died: 1274
Died: March 14
Dominican Friar
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Roman Catholic Priest
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Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Thomas
Tommaso d'Aquino
Thomas of Aquino
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Now it seems that everything in the world stems from sources other than God, since the products of nature have their source in nature deliberate effects can be traced back to human reason or will as their source. There is no need then to assume that God exists.
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The perfection of the effect demonstrates the perfection of the cause, for a greater power brings about a more perfect effect. But God is the most perfect agent. Therefore, things created by Him obtain perfection from Him. So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.
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Beware the man of a single book.
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Beware of the person of one book.
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In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign... Secondly, a just cause... Thirdly... a rightful intention.
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Reason in man is rather like God in the world.
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Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot consider how He is but only how He is not.
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Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.
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All men are equal in nature, and also in original sin. It is in the merits and demerits of their actions that they differ.
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The celestial bodies are the cause of all that takes place in the sublunar world.
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Man is closer to God according to his existence in grace than he is according to his existence in nature.
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I cannot go on.... All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me.
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Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.
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The Cross to me is certain salvation. The Cross is that which I ever adore. The Cross of the Lord is with me. The Cross is my refuge.
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There being an imminent danger for the faith, prelates must be questioned, even publicly, by their subjects.
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The greatness of the human being consists in this: that it is capable of the universe.
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The things we love tell us who we are.
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It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.
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