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Here are 27 quotes by St. Thomas Aquinas on free will:
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“Man has free will: otherwise counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards, and punishments would be in vain.”
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“Man has free will only in those things which pertain to the salvation of his soul.”
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“It is necessary for the perfection of human society that there should be men who devote their lives to contemplation.”
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“We can reject the good on account of falsehood but cannot desire evil except under the aspect of good.”
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“Through humility, an adequate estimate of ourselves is produced, by which we remain both faithful to God and His mercy.”
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“Free will is the cause of electing or not electing.”
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“Free will is the cause of sinning or not sinning.”
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“The sin of Judas was not created by God nor any other creature, but was done through his voluntary free will.”
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“Since God wills not all potential things, but only those things that are good for the order of the universe, evil is not from the divine will.”
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“Man enjoys the capacity to choose, the power to will, and the freedom to act.”
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“Free will is in proportion to reason, and therefore the more perfect the reason, the more perfect the free will.”
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“Nothing enters the intellect except through the senses.”
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“Free will precedes every act of choice.”
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“It is always an act of justice to give to others those things that are theirs.” BEST FRIEND GETTING CLOSER TO SOMEONE ELSE QUOTES
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“The free-will must be the cause of its movements.”
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“The act of free will is a certain principle of movement.”
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“The act of free will follows apprehension.”
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“It is proper to the reason to apprehend the universal.”
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“It is proper to the will to be inclined to good.”
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“The end of the free will coincides with the apprehended good.”
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“Evil is not the object of the will, but good.”
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“The will is moved by the good apprehended.”
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“The good is that which all things desire.”
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“Law is nothing else but an ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by him who has care of the community.”
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“To love is to will the good of the other.”
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“Every power moves into its act by the underlying form which is the principle of its operation.”
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“The first man had sufficient goodness and free will to preserve his primeval condition, but not sufficient fortitude to keep it.”