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The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.

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A song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.

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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

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Wonder is the desire for knowledge.

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Yet through virtuous living man is further ordained to a higher end, which consists in the enjoyment of God, as we have said above. Consequently, sinc...more

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The emotion of love is an affective emotion, directly reacting to goodness, rather than an aggressive one, reacting to challenge. Not only our so-call...more

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What causes love, since it is a passion, is its object; and since it is a sort of affinity or agreement with the object, what causes love is the goodn...more

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*There is only one God*. Whatever exists is *ipso facto* individual; to be one it needs no extra property and calling it one merely denies that it is ...more

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God is not, like creatures, made up of parts. God is spirit, without bodily dimensions. Firstly, no body can cause change without itself being changed...more

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For every relationship involves two related terms. Sometimes relationships are not real in either term, but arise from the way we think of the terms: ...more

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Causes of individuals presuppose causes of the species, which are not univocal yet not wholly equivocal either, since they are expressing themselves i...more