Thomas Aquinas Quotes on Philosophy
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Law: an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community.
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Reason in man is rather like God in the world.
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As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex; while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power.
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Music is the exaltation of the mind derived from things eternal, bursting forth in sound.
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One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention.
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The reason, however, why the philosopher may be likened to the poet is this: both are concerned with the marvellous.