Common good Quote by Thomas Aquinas

“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.” quote by Thomas Aquinas — Download Open image

“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.”

Thomas Aquinas

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To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.

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“What causes love, since it is a passion, is its object; and since it is a sort of affinity or agreement with the object, what causes love is the goodness or agreeableness of that object. Evil can only be loved because it seems good, because being partially good it is perceived as wholly so. And the beautiful is a form…

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