Frases de Tomás de Aquino

Tomás de Aquino fue un teólogo y filósofo católico perteneciente a la Orden de Predicadores, el principal representante de la enseñanza escolástica, una de las mayores figuras de la teología sistemática y, a su vez, una de las fuentes más citadas de su época en metafísica, hasta el punto de que, después de muerto, sea el referente de varias escuelas del pensamiento: tomista y neotomista. Es conocido también como Doctor Angélico, Doctor Común y Doctor de la Humanidad, apodos dados por la Iglesia católica, la cual lo recomienda para los estudios de filosofía y teología.

Sus obras más conocidas son la Summa theologiae, compendio de la doctrina católica en la cual trata 495 cuestiones divididas en artículos, y la Summa contra gentiles, compendio de apología filosófica de la fe católica, que consta de 410 capítulos agrupados en 4 libros, redactado a petición de Raimundo de Peñafort.

Asimismo, fue muy popular por su aceptación y comentarios sobre las obras de Aristóteles, señalando, por primera vez en la historia, que eran compatibles con la fe católica. A Tomás se le debe un rescate y reinterpretación de la metafísica y una obra de teología aún sin parangón, así como una teoría del Derecho que sería muy consultada posteriormente. Canonizado en 1323, fue declarado Doctor de la Iglesia en 1567 y santo patrón de las universidades y centros de estudio católicos en 1880. Su festividad se celebra el 28 de enero.

✵ 25. enero 1225 – 7. marzo 1274   •   Otros nombres Sv. Tomáš Akvinský, San Tommaso d'Aquino
Tomás de Aquino Foto

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Summa Theologiae
Tomás de Aquino
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Frases célebres de Tomás de Aquino

“Justicia sin misericordia es crueldad y misericordia sin justicia genera disolución.”

En latín: «Quia iustitia sine misericordia crudelitas est, misericordia sine iustitia mater est dissolutionis».
Justicia
Fuente: Super Evangelium S. Matthaei lectura. Capítulo V.

“Lo que se recibe se recibe al modo del recipiente.”

Sin fuentes
Justicia

Frases de Dios de Tomás de Aquino

“El pecado ofende a Dios lo que perjudica al hombre.”

Sin fuentes
Educación

“Jesucristo es la imagen de Dios en lo humano.”

Sin fuentes
Dios

Frases de verdad de Tomás de Aquino

“Si alguien no ama la verdad no es hombre.”

Sin fuentes
Verdad

Tomás de Aquino Frases y Citas

“El Alma se conoce por sus actos.”

Sin fuentes
Educación

“El obrar sigue al ser.”
Operari sequitur esse.

Sin fuentes
Educación
Original: «Operari sequitur esse».

“La justicia es la firme y constante voluntad de dar a cada uno lo suyo.”

En latín: «Iustitia est constans et perpetua voluntas ius suum cuique tribuendi».
Frase del derecho romano atribuida a Ulpiano que aparece en el Digesto, Libro I, Título 1, Ley 10 y usada por Santo Tomás en su Suma de Teología.
Justicia
Fuente: Summa Theologiae, 2-2, q. 58, a. 1

“Teme al hombre de un solo libro.”

Sin fuentes
Educación

“Contemplar y dar a los demás lo contemplado.”

Sin fuentes
Justicia
Original: «Contemplari et aliis tradere contemplata».

Tomás de Aquino: Frases en inglés

“To love is to will the good of the other.”

Thomas Aquinas libro Summa Theologiae

II-II, q. 26, art. 6
Summa Theologica (1265–1274)

“Of these the first is "melting," which is opposed to freezing. For things that are frozen, are closely bound together, so as to be hard to pierce. But it belongs to love that the appetite is fitted to receive the good which is loved, inasmuch as the object loved is in the lover…Consequently the freezing or hardening of the heart is a disposition incompatible with love: while melting denotes a softening of the heart, whereby the heart shows itself to be ready for the entrance of the beloved.”

Thomas Aquinas libro Summa Theologiae

I-II, q. 28, art. 5
Summa Theologica (1265–1274)
Contexto: it is to be observed that four proximate effects may be ascribed to love: viz. melting, enjoyment, languor, and fervor. Of these the first is "melting," which is opposed to freezing. For things that are frozen, are closely bound together, so as to be hard to pierce. But it belongs to love that the appetite is fitted to receive the good which is loved, inasmuch as the object loved is in the lover... Consequently the freezing or hardening of the heart is a disposition incompatible with love: while melting denotes a softening of the heart, whereby the heart shows itself to be ready for the entrance of the beloved.

“On the contrary, The demons are ever assailing us, according to 1 Peter 5:8: "Your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about, seeking whom he may devour." Much more therefore do the good angels ever guard us”

Thomas Aquinas libro Summa Theologiae

Summa Theologica (1265–1274)
Contexto: Whether the angel guardian ever forsakes a man?... It would seem that the angel guardian sometimes forsakes the man whom he is appointed to guard... On the contrary, The demons are ever assailing us, according to 1 Peter 5:8: "Your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about, seeking whom he may devour." Much more therefore do the good angels ever guard us... the guardianship of the angels is an effect of Divine providence in regard to man. Now it is evident that neither man, nor anything at all, is entirely withdrawn from the providence of God: for in as far as a thing participates being, so far is it subject to the providence that extends over all being.

I, q. 113, art. 6

“Three things are necessary for man to be saved: knowledge of what is to be believed, knowledge of what is to be desired, and knowledge of what is to be done.”

Two Precepts of Charity (1273)
Sermons on the Ten Commandments (Collationes in decem praeceptes, c. 1273), Prologue (opening sentence)
Variant translation: Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.
Original: (la) Tria sunt homini necessaria ad salutem: scilicit scientia credendorum, scientia desiderandorum, et scientia operandorum.

“God alone can satisfy the will of a human being.”

Thomas Aquinas libro Summa Theologiae

I–II, q. 2, art. 8
Summa Theologica (1265–1274)
Contexto: Now the object of the will, i. e., of man's appetite, is the universal good... Hence it is evident that nothing can lull the human will but the universal good. This is to be found, not in any creature, but in God alone; because every creature has goodness by participation. Thus God alone can satisfy the will of a human being.

“For although the will cannot be inwardly moved by any creature, yet it can be moved inwardly by God.”

Thomas Aquinas libro Summa Theologiae

III, q. 18, art. 1, ad 1
Summa Theologica (1265–1274)
Contexto: Whatever was in the human nature of Christ was moved at the bidding of the divine will; yet it does not follow that in Christ there was no movement of the will proper to human nature, for the good wills of other saints are moved by God's will... For although the will cannot be inwardly moved by any creature, yet it can be moved inwardly by God.

“Therefore they will wish all the good were damned.”

Thomas Aquinas libro Summa Theologiae

Supplement, Q98, Article 4
Note: This Supplement to the Third Part was compiled after Aquinas's death by Regnald of Piperno, out of material from Aquinas's much earlier "Commentary on the Sentences".
Summa Theologica (1265–1274)
Contexto: Even as in the blessed in heaven there will be most perfect charity, so in the damned there will be the most perfect hate. Wherefore as the saints will rejoice in all goods, so will the damned grieve for all goods. Consequently the sight of the happiness of the saints will give them very great pain; hence it is written (Isaiah 26:11): "Let the envious people see and be confounded, and let fire devour Thy enemies." Therefore they will wish all the good were damned.

“So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.”

Summa Contra Gentiles, III,69,15
Contexto: The perfection of the effect demonstrates the perfection of the cause, for a greater power brings about a more perfect effect. But God is the most perfect agent. Therefore, things created by Him obtain perfection from Him. So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.

“Thus Angels' Bread is made
The Bread of man today:
The Living Bread from Heaven
With figures doth away”

Sacris Solemniis Juncta Sint Gaudia (Matins hymn for Corpus Christi), stanza 6 (Panis Angelicus)
Contexto: Thus Angels' Bread is made
The Bread of man today:
The Living Bread from Heaven
With figures doth away:
O wondrous gift indeed!
The poor and lowly may
Upon their Lord and Master feed.

“Even as in the blessed in heaven there will be most perfect charity, so in the damned there will be the most perfect hate.”

Thomas Aquinas libro Summa Theologiae

Supplement, Q98, Article 4
Note: This Supplement to the Third Part was compiled after Aquinas's death by Regnald of Piperno, out of material from Aquinas's much earlier "Commentary on the Sentences".
Summa Theologica (1265–1274)
Contexto: Even as in the blessed in heaven there will be most perfect charity, so in the damned there will be the most perfect hate. Wherefore as the saints will rejoice in all goods, so will the damned grieve for all goods. Consequently the sight of the happiness of the saints will give them very great pain; hence it is written (Isaiah 26:11): "Let the envious people see and be confounded, and let fire devour Thy enemies." Therefore they will wish all the good were damned.

“Beware the man of a single book.”
Hominem unius libri timeo. / Timeo hominem unius libri.

As quoted by Leonard Sweet, The Greatest Story Never Told http://books.google.gr/books?id=KuTRcjWL91AC&dq=, section: "The Gift of Lyrics", Abingdon Press, 2012
Variant: "Beware the man of one book."
See also: Homo unius libri
Disputed
Variante: I fear the man of a single book.

“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”

Variante: For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

“Just as it is better to illuminate than merely to shine, so to pass on what one has contemplated is better than merely to contemplate.”

Thomas Aquinas libro Summa Theologiae

II–II, 188
Original Latin http://www.corpusthomisticum.org/sth3183.html: Sicut enim maius est illuminare quam lucere solum, ita maius est contemplata aliis tradere quam solum contemplari.
Summa Theologica (1265–1274)
Variante: Better to illuminate than merely to shine; to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

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