Thomas Aquinas

Born 1225 · Died 7 March 1274

From castle of the counts of Aquino, Lazio, Italy · Writes nonfiction

An Italian priest of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Order, and an influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism.

Quotes

“The greatness of the human being consists in this: that it is capable of the universe.”
De veritate c. 1256–1259
“Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses.”
De veritate c. 1256–1259
“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. 1265–1266
“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. 1273
“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 , Introduction

Thomas Aquinas