“ For unequal local distance is the reason why all men do not know what one man says to another. ”
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (1274). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Aquinas |
|---|---|
| Source | Summa Theologica |
| Topic | distance reason |
| Date | 1274 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/17611/pg17611-images.html |
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“"The less one desires, the less one cries out." _______________________
FIFTH ARTICLE [I, Q. 107, Art. 5]
Whether All the Angels Know What One Speaks to Another?
Objection 1: It would seem that all the angels know what one speaks to another. For unequal local distance is the reason why all men do not know what one man says to another. But in the angelic speech local distance has no effect, as above explained (A. 4) . Therefore all the angels know what one speaks to another.
Obj. 2: Further, all the angels have the intellectual power in common.”
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