Italian - Theologian | 1225 - 1274
God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter.
Thomas Aquinas
GodPrincipalMatterIndividual
The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.
LearningFaithTruthMatterGifted
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.
WarIntentionThreeAuthorityFirst
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.
LifeDirectionDeadAlwaysOwn
If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy.
PowerDeathMoreReasonEvenHeresy
Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.
MoreDifficultEverything
Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.
FriendshipScienceJusticeBetter
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