Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
light discovery order
Reasoning is compared to understanding as movement is to rest, or acquisition to possession.... Since movement always proceeds from something immovable, and ends in something at rest, hence it is that human reasoning, in the order of inquiry and discovery, proceeds from certain things absolutely understood--namely, the first principles; and, again, in the order of judgment, returns by analysis to first principles, in the light of which it examines what it has found. Now it is clear that rest and movement are not to be referred to different powers, but to one and the same.
love relationship self
Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.
dying taught hunger
He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.
song voice dwelling
A song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.
powerful catholic church
The apostles and their successors are God's vicars in governing the Church which is built on faith and the sacraments of faith. Wherefore, just as they may not institute another Church, so neither may they deliver another faith, nor institute other sacraments.
children pride errors
Behold our refutation of the error. It is not based on documents of faith, but on the reasons and statements of the philosophers themselves. If then anyone there be who, boastfully taking pride in his supposed wisdom, wishes to challenge what we have written, let him not do it in some corner nor before children who are powerless to decide on such difficult matters. Let him reply openly if he dare. He shall find me there confronting him, and not only my negligible self, but many another whose study is truth.
practice contemplative-life contemplation
Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet.
philosophical
Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.
way charity sin
It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin.
mother roots charity
Charity is the form, mover, mother and root of all the virtues.
powerful suffering saint
The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.
life freedom inspire
The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.
believe may saint
We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.
philosophical thoughtful love-is
All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.