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Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot consider how He is but only how He is not. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

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Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

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If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#death #even #heresy #more #much

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

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The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

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Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash. ↗

— Louis Aragon

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The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. ↗

— Diane Arbus

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Actually, Sydney is my second favourite city on earth, I love Sydney, but this is the greatest. ↗

— Jeffrey Archer

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Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

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The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

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