“ Creation is more perfect and loftier than generation, because it aims at producing the whole substance of the being, though it starts from absolute nothing. ”
Henry Adams, Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (1904). copy citation
| Author | Henry Adams |
|---|---|
| Source | Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres |
| Topic | creation aim |
| Date | 1904 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/4584/pg4584-images.html |
Context
“One may also say that, among His creatures some serve as types or models for others because there are some which are made in the image of others"; but generation means sequence, not cause. The only true cause is God. Creation is His sole act, in which no second cause can share." Creation is more perfect and loftier than generation, because it aims at producing the whole substance of the being, though it starts from absolute nothing."
Thomas Aquinas, when he pleased, was singularly lucid, and on this point he was particularly positive. The architect insisted on the controlling idea of his structure. The Church was God, and its lines excluded interference.”
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