1. Thomas Aquinas Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P. was a priest of the Roman Catholic Church in the Dominican Order from Italy, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus and Doctor Communis. He is more..more..

2. “ Thomas Aquinas: Well-ordered self-love is right and natural. #Love #Love

3. “ Thomas Aquinas:I answer that, It was necessary for woman to be made, as the Scripture says, as a "helper" to man; not, indeed, as a helpmate in other works, as some say, since man can be more efficiently helped by another man in other works; but as a helper in the work of generation. This can be made clear if we observe the mode of generation carried out in various living things. Some living things do not possess in themselves the power of generation, but are generated by some other specific agent, such as some plants and animals by the influence of the heavenly bodies, from some fitting matter and not from seed: others possess the active and passive generative power together; as we see in plants which are generated from seed; for the noblest vital function in plants is generation. Wherefore we observe that in these the active power of generation invariably accompanies the passive power. Among perfect animals the active power of generation belongs to the male sex, and the passive power to the female. And as among animals there is a vital operation nobler than generation, to which their life is principally directed; therefore the male sex is not found in continual union with the female in perfect animals, but only at the time of coition; so that we may consider that by this means the male and female are one, as in plants they are always united; although in some cases one of them preponderates, and in some the other. But man is yet further ordered to a still nobler vital action, and that is intellectual operation. Therefore there was greater reason for the distinction of these two forces in man; so that the female should be produced separately from the male; although they are carnally united for generation. Therefore directly after the formation of woman, it was said: "And they shall be two in one flesh" (Gn. 2:24). #Procreation#Procreation

4. “ Thomas Aquinas: 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 more apt for contemplation. #Action #Action

5. “ Thomas Aquinas:One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention. #Action#Action

6. “ Thomas Aquinas: A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational. #Reason#Reason

7. “ Thomas Aquinas:We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us and God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers and guides. #Teachers and Teaching #Teachers and Teaching

8. “ Thomas Aquinas:Law: an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community. #Law and Lawyers#Law and Lawyers

9. “ Thomas Aquinas:He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught. #Death and Dying#Death and Dying

10. “ Thomas Aquinas:Thus Angels' Bread is made The Bread of man today: The Living Bread from Heaven With figures doth away: O wondrous gift indeed! The poor and lowly may Upon their Lord and Master feed. #Poverty and The Poor#Poverty and The Poor

11. “ Thomas Aquinas:Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures. #Addiction#Addiction

12. “ Thomas Aquinas:Reason in man is rather like God in the world. #God#God

13. “ Thomas Aquinas: 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. #Self-reliance#Self-reliance

14. “ Thomas Aquinas:O saving Victim, opening wide The gate of heaven to man below, Our foes press on from every side, Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow. #Friends and Friendship#Friends and Friendship

15. “ Thomas Aquinas:If... the motion of the earth were circular, it would be violent and contrary to nature, and could not be eternal, since... nothing violent is eternal.... It follows, therefore, that the earth is not moved with a circular motion. #Writers and Writing#Writers and Writing

16. “ Thomas Aquinas:The reason, however, why the philosopher may be likened to the poet is this: both are concerned with the marvellous. #Philosophers and Philosophy#Philosophers and Philosophy

17. “ Thomas Aquinas: Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder. #Philosophers and Philosophy#Philosophers and Philosophy

18. “ Thomas Aquinas:Sure, for all our blindness; secure, for all our helplessness; strong, for all our weakness; gaily in love, for all the pressures on our hearts. #Love#Love

19. “ Thomas Aquinas: Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will. #Will and Will Power#Will and Will Power

20. “ Thomas Aquinas:Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them. #Passion#Passion

21. “ Thomas Aquinas:Concerning perfect blessedness which consists in a vision of God. #Remorse#Remorse

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