Whatever is received is received according to the mode of the receiver.

Omne quod recipitur ad modum recipientis recipitur.

Thomas Aquinas

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Thomas Aquinas

Born c. 1225 near Roccasecca in southern Italy, Thomas Aquinas was a Dominican friar and the greatest theologian-philosopher of the medieval period. In his magnum opus Summa Theologica he systematically integrated Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology, representing the summit of Scholasticism. His Five Ways for demonstrating God's existence and his natural-law theory remain foundational in Catholic thought. He holds the title Doctor Angelicus (Angelic Doctor) of the Church.

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Source: Summa Theologica (神学大全), I, q.75, a.5Verified

Thomas Aquinas's Other Quotes

Grace does not destroy nature but perfects it.

Good is to be done and pursued, and evil is to be avoided.

I fear the man of a single book.

Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses.

Man cannot naturally will the good except under the aspect of the good.

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For thinking and Being are the same.

-- Parmenides

You will not find thinking apart from Being, in which it is expressed.

-- Parmenides

You must learn all things: both the steadfast heart of well-rounded Truth and the opinions of mortals, in which there is no true trust.

-- Parmenides

Behold what is absent as firmly present through the mind.

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All is number.

-- Pythagoras

Imagine prisoners chained underground since childhood, seeing only shadows on a wall and taking them for reality.

-- Plato