It is better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
Catholic philosopher and theologian
Summa Theologica, Part II-II, Q. 188, Art. 6
c. 1265-1274
Found in 1 providers: grok
Cross Reference
1 source
"A slave is an instrument of his master, and is his property."
Shocking"The greatest evil is to do wrong and not to suffer for it."
Controversial"Concupiscence is a disorder of the appetite."
Controversial"The general intellectual inferiority of women does not make them defective or inferior simply speaking, but only in the particular natural order, in comparison to most males and to beings with a more …"
Controversial"It is lawful to compel infidels to the faith, if they are subject to the Church, but not those who are outside the Church."
Shocking