To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.
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It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The existence of God can be proven through observations of the world rather than through prior reasoning or assumed knowledge.
In this quote, Thomas Aquinas asserts that the existence of God can be shown through experience and the evidence of the world around us, rather than solely through logical deduction alone. This perspective emphasizes that our understanding of God can be rooted in empirical evidence and the natural order, suggesting that the divine can be discerned in the workings of creation itself.
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In practice
Example use cases
In a debate about the existence of God, this quote could be used to emphasize the importance of empirical evidence.
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