“A capacity as such is directed to an act. Wherefore we seek to know the nature of a capacity from the act… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The world of pure spirits stretches between the divine nature and the world of human beings; because divine wisdom has ordained that… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
If the motion of the earth were circular, it would be violent and contrary to nature, and could not be eternal, since… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance. So Ambrosius says, and it… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“Even though the natural light of the human mind is inadequate to make known what is revealed by faith, nevertheless what is… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Man is closer to God according to his existence in grace than he is according to his existence in nature. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
It may well happen that what is in itself the more certain on account of the weakness of our intelligence, which is… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Now it seems that everything in the world stems from sources other than God, since the products of nature have their source… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
For just as the first general precepts of the law of nature are self-evident to one in possession of natural reason, and… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us sharers in His divinity, assumed our nature, so that He, made man, might… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Secondly, man sins against nature when he goes against his generic nature, that is to say, his animal nature. Now, it is… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Natural inclinations are present in things from God, who moves all things. So it is impossible for the natural inclinations of a… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
If a thing can be done adequately by means of one, it is superfluous to do it by means of several; for… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Given the sin of impiety through which they [the Romans] sinned against the divine nature [by idolatry], the punishment that led them… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Man can sin against nature in two ways. First, when he sins against his specific rational nature, acting contrary to reason. In… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
If all the sins of the flesh are worthy of condemnation because by them man allows himself to be dominated by that… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
All men are equal in nature, and also in original sin. It is in the merits and demerits of their actions that… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
If a man deliberately abstains from wine to such an extent that he does serious harm to his nature, he will not… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“Thus the sun which possesses light perfectly, can shine by itself; whereas the moon which has the nature of light imperfectly, sheds… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“A capacity as such is directed to an act. Wherefore we seek to know the nature of a capacity from the act to which… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“Yet no-one can say that God has not a Word, for it would follow that God is most foolish.” — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Now, nothing can be brought from potentiality to actual existence except through something actually existing — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
By the divine providence [animals] are intended for man's use... Hence it is not wrong for man to make use of them, either by… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“What causes love, since it is a passion, is its object; and since it is a sort of affinity or agreement with the object,… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The image of God always abides in the soul, whether this image be obsolete and clouded over as to amount to almost nothing; or… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
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