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“Thomas seems to be implying a threefold, originally Neoplatonic, model that he would have known through the writings of Pseudo-Dionysius, comprising (1) God in God-self; (2) the exitus, or procession of creatures from God; and finally (3) the reditus, or the return of creatures to God.”
― Thomas Aquinas's Summa theologiae: A Biography
― Thomas Aquinas's Summa theologiae: A Biography
“The world tempts us either by attaching us to it in prosperity, or by filling us with fear of adversity. But faith overcomes this in that we believe in a life to come better than this one, and hence we despise the riches of this world and we are not terrified in the face of adversity.”
― The Catechetical Instructions
― The Catechetical Instructions
“our manner of knowing is so weak that no philosopher could perfectly investigate the nature of even one little fly.”
― The Catechetical Instructions
― The Catechetical Instructions
“The Summa Theologiae is not, as is sometimes supposed, a potpourri of theology and philosophy; it is wholly a Summa of Theology concerned with the Sacra Doctrina, the Holy Teaching of salvation given by God’s revelation.”
― Aquinas's Summa Theologiae
― Aquinas's Summa Theologiae
Bruce Paolozzi’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Bruce Paolozzi’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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