Thomas Aquinas Quotes - Page 8

• Wonder was the motive that led people to philosophy ... wonder is a kind of desire in knowledge. It is the cause of delight because it carries with it the hope of discovery.

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  Filosofía, Conocimiento, Ciencia

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• Whenever God wakes in us, our thinking becomes clear - nothing is missing.

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  Missing You, God, Thinking

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• Por naturaleza todos los hombres son iguales en libertad, pero no en otras dotes.

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  Nature, Powerful, Thoughtful

  Santo Tomás de Aquino (1960). "Santo Tomás de Aquino: Textos filosóficos"

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• Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.

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  Wise, Men, Relax

  Saint Thomas Aquinas, Catholic Way Publishing (2014). “The Summa Theologica: Complete Edition”, p.8006, Catholic Way Publishing

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• Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot consider how He is but only how He is not.

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  Conoce

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• Un hombre tiene libre elección en la medida en que es racional.

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  Powerful, Thoughtful, Love Is

  Santo Tomás de Aquino (1951). "Textos filosóficos", Londres : Oxford University Press

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• La prostitución en las ciudades es como el pozo negro en el palacio; quita el pozo negro y el palacio se convertirá en un lugar inmundo y maloliente.

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  Maldad, Palacios, Ciudades

  "Homenaje a Qwert Yuiop: Periodismo selecto 1978-1985 (Lo que olió Shakespeare)". Libro de Anthony Burgess, 1986.

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• La tarea propia del Salvador es la de ser salvador; de hecho, para eso vino al mundo: para buscar y salvar lo que estaba perdido.

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  World, Tasks, Lost

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (2010). “The Academic Sermons (The Fathers of the Church, Mediaeval Continuation, Volume 11)”, p.46, CUA Press

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• He that obstinately denieth the truth before men upon earth, wilfully refuseth his soul's health in heaven.

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  Men, Heaven, Soul

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• An act of love always tends towards two things; to the good that one wills, and to the person for whom one wills it.

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  Two, Acts Of Love, Persons

  Thomas Aquinas (1997). “Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas: Volume One”, p.217, Hackett Publishing

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• Puesto que la filosofía surge del asombro, un filósofo está obligado a su manera a ser un amante de los mitos y las fábulas poéticas. Los poetas y los filósofos se parecen en que son grandes asombrados.

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  Love, Fear, Philosophy

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1971). “Saint Thomas Aquinas”

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• La magnitud del castigo corresponde a la magnitud del pecado. Ahora bien, un pecado contra Dios es infinito; cuanto más elevada es la persona contra la que se comete, más grave es el pecado -es más criminal golpear a un jefe de Estado que a un ciudadano privado- y Dios es de una grandeza infinita. Por lo tanto, un pecado cometido contra Él merece un castigo infinito.

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  Greatness, Punishment, Criminals

  Thomas Aquinas, T. C. O'Brien (2006). “Summa Theologiae: Volume 27, Effects of Sin, Stain and Guilt: 1a2ae. 86-89”, p.25, Cambridge University Press

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• Man is closer to God according to his existence in grace than he is according to his existence in nature.

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  Men, Grace, Existence

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• El bautismo es la puerta de la vida espiritual y la puerta de entrada a los sacramentos.

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  Spiritual, Doors, Baptism

  "Summa Theologica". Book by Thomas Aquinas (Part III, Question 73, Article 3), 1485.

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• Sing, my tongue, the Saviour's glory, Of His Flesh, the mystery sing; Of the Blood, all price exceeding, Shed by our Immortal King, Destined, for the world's redemption, From a noble Womb to spring.

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  Jesus, Kings, Spring

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• Man has free choice, or otherwise counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards and punishments would be in vain.

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  Men, Choices, Would Be

  Thomas Aquinas (1997). “Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas: Volume One”, p.787, Hackett Publishing

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• The minister to whom confession is made is the delegate of Christ, Who is the Judge of the living and the dead.

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  Judging, Saint, Christ

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• The meaning of what is said is according to the motive for saying it: because things are not subject to speech, but speech to things. Therefore we should take account of the motive of the lawgiver, rather than of his very words.

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  Speech, Should, Said

  Saint Thomas Aquinas, Catholic Way Publishing (2014). “The Summa Theologica: Complete Edition”, p.4380, Catholic Way Publishing

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• Grace does not destroy nature, it perfects it.

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  Grace, Doe

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• It is not theft, properly speaking, to take secretly and use another's property in a case of extreme need: because that which he takes for the support of his life becomes his own property by reason of that need

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  Support, Needs, Use

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 3 (Part II, Second Section)”, p.1475, Cosimo, Inc.

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• There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.

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  Primeros

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• Secondly, man sins against nature when he goes against his generic nature, that is to say, his animal nature. Now, it is evident that, in accord with natural order, the union of the sexes among animals is ordered towards conception. From this it follows that every sexual intercourse that cannot lead to conception is opposed to man's animal nature.

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  Christian, Sex, Men

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• The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.

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  Powerful, Suffering, Saint

  Santo Tomás de Aquino (1955). "Textos teológicos"

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• 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.

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  Wise, Men, Relaxation

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 4 (Part III, First Section)”, p.1872, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Eternity is called whole, not because it has parts, but because it is lacking in nothing.

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  Eternity, Lacking, Whole

  Thomas Aquinas (1997). “Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas: Volume One”, p.75, Hackett Publishing

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