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Gratia non tollit naturam, sed perficit is translated as 'Grace does not destroy nature, but perfects it', or 'grace does not remove nature but fulfills it'.This phrase is a quote from Thomas Aquinas (c. 1224–1274).
“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” —Thomas Aquinas “To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.” —Dr. Suess
Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck, (ca. 1627-1628). In Christian theology, charity (Latin: caritas) is considered one of the seven virtues and was understood by Thomas Aquinas as "the friendship of man for God", which "unites us to God".
The Thomas Aquinas Dictionary is a collection of quotations by medieval philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas, indexed by keywords contained within the quotations. Most of the quotations are taken from the Summa Theologica, with additional material from the Summa contra Gentiles. The quotations are listed without additional commentary or ...
Here is a compiled list of quotes about friends and friendship: 50 friendship quotes "A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside." – Winnie the Pooh
The phrase is attested as early as pope Gregory the Great in book XXI of his Moralia in Job, [6] and was picked up by Thomas Aquinas, [7] Azo, Hervaeus Natalis, and other medieval thinkers. [ 8 ] Thomas Jefferson, through his friendship with Marquis de Lafayette , was heavily influenced by French philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment , such ...
Homo unius libri ('(a) man of one book') is a Latin phrase attributed to Thomas Aquinas by bishop Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667), who claimed that Aquinas is reputed to have employed the phrase "hominem unius libri timeo" ('I fear the man of a single book'). The poet Robert Southey recalled the tradition in which the quotation became embedded:
The Quaestiones Disputatae de Veritate (transl. Disputed Questions on Truth, henceforth QDV [1] and sometimes spelled de Ueritate) by Thomas Aquinas is a collection of questions that are discussed in the disputation style of medieval scholasticism. It covers a variety of topics centering on the true, the good and man's search for them, but the ...