Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas, O.P., was an Italian Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. He was an immensely influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism, within which he is also known as the Doctor Angelicus and the Doctor Communis. The name Aquinas identifies his ancestral origins in the county of Aquino in present-day Lazio, where his family held land until 1137...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionTheologian
CountryItaly
justice wells subjects
Justice is in subjects as well as in rulers.
mistake two errors
Mistakes are made on two counts: an argument is either based on error or incorrectly developed.
catholic scripture add
It is unlawful to add anything to the words of Holy Scripture regarding the sense.
parent doe vices
Affirmative precepts are distinguished from negative whenever one is not comprised in the other; thus, that of honoring parents does not comprise that of not killing, and vice versa.
love-is charity
Charity is love; not all love is charity.
jesus drawing people
See to whom Jesus is drawing near, three kinds of people: to those who make peace with him, to those who are devoted to God, and to those who are kind to their neighbors.
ocean progress plunge
Arrive at knowledge over small streamlets, and do not plunge immediately into the ocean, since progress must go from the easier to the more difficult.
art reason art-is
Art is right reason in the doing of work.
communication passion men
If there were some solitary or feral man, the passions of the soul would be sufficient for him; by them he would be conformed to things in order that he might have knowledge of them. But because man is naturally political and social, there is need for one man to make his conceptions known to others, which is done with speech. So significant speech was needed if men were to live together. Which is why those of different tongues do not easily live together.
god moving hands
Whatever is in motion must be put in motion by another. If that by which it is put in motion be itself put in motion, then this also must needs be put in motion by another, and that by another again. But this cannot go on to infinity, because then there would be no first mover, and, consequently, no other mover; seeing that subsequent movers move only inasmuch as they are put in motion by the first mover; as the staff moves only because it is put in motion by the hand. Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a first mover, put in motion by no other; and this everyone understands to be God.
astrology body celestial-bodies
The celestial bodies are the cause of all that takes place in the sublunar world.
sea wish christianity
Do not wish to jump immediately from the streams to the sea, because one has to go through easier things to the more difficult.
perfect vision blessedness
Concerning perfect blessedness which consists in a vision of God.
blessed order punishment
The blessed in the kingdom of heaven will see the punishments of the damned, in order that their bliss be more delightful for them.