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«In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.»
Author: St. Thomas Aquinas
| About:
War
| Keywords:
first cause, intention, Just Cause, Just War, rightful, secondly, sovereign, sovereigns, The Authority, thirdly
«The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.»
«The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.»
Author: St. Thomas Aquinas
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Faith,
Truth
| Keywords:
Among the, Catholic, dogma, gifted, infidels, presents, ridicule, ridiculed, ridicules, scientific, scrutiny, The Infidels
«A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.»
«By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.»
«The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.»
Author: St. Thomas Aquinas
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lie in
«Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.»
«Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace.»
Author: St. Thomas Aquinas
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Charity,
Peace
| Keywords:
charity, directly, indirectly, in so far, notion, removes
«Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him»
«Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passions»
Author: St. Thomas Aquinas
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Passion
| Keywords:
binds, disposition, temperance, The Passions
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