But a problem occurs about nothing. For that from which something is made is a cause of the thing made from it; and, necessarily, ...every cause contributes some assistance to the effect's existence.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There have been others also just as true and devoted to the cause--I wish I could name every one--but with such women consecrating... their lives, failure is impossible!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 »
It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the ca...use of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing 'God.'LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For as the interposition of a rivulet, however small, will occasion the line of the phalanx to fluctuate, so any trifling disagree...ment will be the cause of seditions; but they will not so soon flow from anything else as from the disagreement between virtue and vice, and next to that between poverty and riches.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The most evident difference between man and animals is this: the beast, in as much as it is largely motivated by the senses and wi...th little perception of the past or future, lives only for the present. But man, because he is endowed with reason by which he is able to perceive relationships, sees the causes of things, understands the reciprocal nature of cause and effect, makes analogies, easily surveys the whole course of his life, and makes the necessary preparations for its conduct.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
...I do deeply deplore, of the sake of the cause, the prevalent notion, that the clergy must be had, either by persuasion or by br...ibery. They will not need persuasion or bribery, if their hearts are with us; if they are not, we are better without them. It is idle to suppose that the kingdom of heaven cannot come on earth, without their cooperation.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »