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Other Quotes by Thomas Aquinas
- Now it seems that everything in the world stems from sources other than God, since the products of nature have their source in nature; deliberate…
- It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the cause…
- But man is freer than all the animals, on account of his free-will, with which he is endowed above all other animals.
- Baptism is not to be conferred on a man who is unwilling to give up his other sins, so neither should Baptism be given to…
- 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…
- 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 killing…
- Obedience unites us so closely to God that it in a way transforms us into Him, so that we have no other will but His.…
- By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.
- 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.
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