“ For the divine intellect is more immaterial than the human intellect. ”
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (1274). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Aquinas |
|---|---|
| Source | Summa Theologica |
| Topic | intellect |
| 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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“therefore evil can neither be defined nor known except by good. _______________________
ELEVENTH ARTICLE [I, Q. 14, Art. 11]
Whether God Knows Singular Things?
Objection 1: It seems that God does not know singular things. For the divine intellect is more immaterial than the human intellect. Now the human intellect by reason of its immateriality does not know singular things; but as the Philosopher says (De Anima ii) , "reason has to do with universals, sense with singular things." Therefore God does not know singular things.”
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