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God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter.
Thomas Aquinas
God, Matter, Since
Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason.
Thomas Aquinas
Human, Reason, Divine
In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.
Thomas Aquinas
War, Three, Order
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 of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing God.
Thomas Aquinas
God, Call, Cause
It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.
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Work, God, Possible
Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community.
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Good, Care, Him
Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
Thomas Aquinas
Men, Live, Sense
Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.
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Everything, Difficult
Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.
Thomas Aquinas
Work, Wise, Mind
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
Thomas Aquinas
Away, Moral, Perfection
Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.
Thomas Aquinas
Work, Wise, Sometimes
Reason in man is rather like God in the world.
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God, Reason, Rather
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
Thomas Aquinas
Mind, Passion, Simply
The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is to things made by his art.
Thomas Aquinas
God, Art, Knowledge
The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.
Thomas Aquinas
Work, Lie, Artist
The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.
Thomas Aquinas
God, Moral, Against
To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.
Thomas Aquinas
Somebody, Hand, Guide

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Nationality: Italian
Born: 1225
Died: 1274

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