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
philosophical
Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.
philosophical thoughtful love-is
All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.
philosophical spirit said
All that is true, by whomsoever it has been said has its origin in the Spirit.
friendship philosophical justice
Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.
philosophical evil catholic
Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good.
philosophical demand reason
Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason.
faith hope philosophical
Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.
philosophical reading book
Beware of the person of one book.
friendship philosophical real-friends
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
love philosophical thoughtful
Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
philosophical hands catholic
To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.
philosophical thoughtful love-is
How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.
american-comedian care certain common ordinance reason
Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community.
passion soul would-be
Charity is not a potency of the soul, because if it were it would be natural. Nor is it a passion, because it is not in a sensitive potency in which are all passions. Nor is it a habit, because a habit is removed with difficulty; charity, however, is easily lost through one act of mortal sin. Therefore charity is not something created in the soul.