Thomas Aquinas

Naissance 1225 · Décès 7 March 1274

Originaire de castle of the counts of Aquino, Lazio, Italy · Écrit des essais et documents

Citations

“The greatness of the human being consists in this: that it is capable of the universe.”
De veritate c. 1256–1259En anglais
“Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses.”
De veritate c. 1256–1259En anglais
“Man reaches the highest point of his knowledge about God when he knows that he knows him not, inasmuch as he knows that that which is God transcends whatsoever he conceives of him.”
De potentia c. 1265–1266En anglais
“If man of himself could in a perfect manner know all things visible and invisible, it would indeed be foolish to believe what he does not see. But our manner of knowing is so weak that no philosopher could perfectly investigate the nature of even one little fly.”
On the Apostles' Creed c. 1273En anglais
“A hymn is the praise of God with song; a song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.”
Commentary on the Psalms c. 1273 , IntroductionEn anglais

Thomas Aquinas