“ Obj. 3: Further, Damascene says (De Fide Orth. ii, 22) that passion is a movement. But love does not imply the movement of the appetite; for this is desire, of which movement love is the principle. Therefore love is not a passion. ”
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (1274). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Aquinas |
|---|---|
| Source | Summa Theologica |
| Topic | passion love |
| Date | 1274 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/17897/pg17897-images.html |
Context
“Therefore love is not a passion.
Obj. 2: Further, love is a kind of union or bond, as Augustine says (De Trin. viii, 10) . But a union or bond is not a passion, but rather a relation. Therefore love is not a passion.
Obj. 3: Further, Damascene says (De Fide Orth. ii, 22) that passion is a movement. But love does not imply the movement of the appetite; for this is desire, of which movement love is the principle. Therefore love is not a passion. On the contrary, The Philosopher says (Ethic. viii, 5) that "love is a passion."
I answer that, Passion is the effect of the agent on the patient. Now a natural agent produces a twofold effect on the patient: for in the first place it gives it the form; and secondly it gives it the movement that results from the form.” source
Obj. 2: Further, love is a kind of union or bond, as Augustine says (De Trin. viii, 10) . But a union or bond is not a passion, but rather a relation. Therefore love is not a passion.
Obj. 3: Further, Damascene says (De Fide Orth. ii, 22) that passion is a movement. But love does not imply the movement of the appetite; for this is desire, of which movement love is the principle. Therefore love is not a passion. On the contrary, The Philosopher says (Ethic. viii, 5) that "love is a passion."
I answer that, Passion is the effect of the agent on the patient. Now a natural agent produces a twofold effect on the patient: for in the first place it gives it the form; and secondly it gives it the movement that results from the form.” source
