Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
angel men doe
A man does not always choose what his guardian angel intends.
soul body firsts
The soul, which is the first principle of life, is not a body, but the act of a body; just as heat, which is the principle of calefaction, is not a body, but an act of a body.
evil substance body
We ought to cherish the body. Our body's substance is not from an evil principle, as the Manicheans imagine, but from God. And therefore, we ought to cherish the body by the friendship of love, by which we love God.
giving expecting
Give, expecting nothing there of.
perfect charity neighbor
Charity, by which God and neighbor are loved, is the most perfect friendship.
soul virtue
The soul is perfected by knowledge and virtue.
seductive soul grace
The splendor of a soul in grace is so seductive that it surpasses the beauty of all created things.
science building-up statistics
Practical sciences proceed by building up; theoretical science by resolving into components.
angel men heaven
Thus Angels' Bread is made The Bread of man today: The Living Bread from Heaven With figures doth away: O wondrous gift indeed! The poor and lowly may Upon their Lord and Master feed.
shining contemplation contemplating
Better to illuminate, than merely to shine.
powerful philosopher moral
The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.
christian men two
Man can sin against nature in two ways. First, when he sins against his specific rational nature, acting contrary to reason. In this sense, we can say that every sin is a sin against man's nature, because it is against man's right reason....
science ignorant ends
It is not possible to be ignorant of the end of things if we know their beginning.
powerful passion perfection
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.