Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, ...in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Even if it is given that someone understands the name 'God' to signify what is said, namely, 'that than which a greater cannot be ...conceived,' it does not follow that what is signified by this name exists in the nature of things, but only that it exists in the apprehension of the understanding.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Good and evil are essential differences of the act of the will. For good and evil pertain essentially to the will; just as truth a...nd falsehood pertain to the reason, the act of which is distinguished essentially by the difference of truth and falsehood (according as we say that an opinion is true or false.) Consequently, good and evil volition are acts differing in species.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is t...o things made by his art.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the com...munity.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Love works in a circle, for the beloved moves the lover by stamping a likeness, and the lover then goes out to hold the beloved in... reality. Who first was the beginning now becomes the end of motion.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is certain and evident to our senses, that in the world some things are in motion. Now whatever is moved is moved by another....... If that by which it is moved be itself moved, then this also must needs be moved by another, and that by another again. But this cannot go on to infinity, because then there would be no first mover and, consequently, no other mover, seeing that subsequent movers move only inasmuch as they are moved by the first mover, as the staff moves only because it is moved by the hand. Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a first mover, moved by no other; and this everyone understands to be God.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »