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The human mind may perceive truth only through thinking, as is clear from Augustine.
Thomas Aquinas
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Thomas Aquinas
Age: 49 †
Born: 1225
Born: February 1
Died: 1274
Died: March 14
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Saint Thomas Aquinas
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Tommaso d'Aquino
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