Date: 1273

"Others said it is united to the body by means of light, which, they say, is a body and of the nature of the fifth essence; so that the vegetative soul would be united to the body by means of the light of the sidereal heaven; the sensible soul, by means of the light of the crystal heaven; and the...

— St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Date: 1273

"But the shape is united to the wax without a body intervening. Therefore also the soul is thus united to the body."

— St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Date: 1273

"Further, the Philosopher says (De Anima. ii, 1) that the relation of a part of the soul to a part of the body, such as the sight to the pupil of the eye, is the same as the relation of the soul to the whole body of an animal."

— St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Date: 1273

"But for the retention and preservation of these forms, the 'phantasy' or 'imagination' is appointed; which are the same, for phantasy or imagination is as it were a storehouse of forms received through the senses."

— St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Date: 1273

"Furthermore, for the apprehension of intentions which are not received through the senses, the 'estimative' power is appointed: and for the preservation thereof, the 'memorative' power, which is a storehouse of such-like intentions."

— St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Date: 1273

"And according to this the active intellect is required for understanding, in like manner and for the same reason as light is required for seeing."

— St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Date: 1273

"Wherefore the human soul derives its intellectual light from Him, according to Ps. 4:7, 'The light of Thy countenance, O Lord, is signed upon us.'"

— St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Date: 1273

"On the contrary, The Philosopher says (De Anima iii, 5) that the active intellect is as a light."

— St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Date: 1273

"On the contrary, From its nature the memory is the treasury or storehouse of species."

— St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Date: 1273

"For eternity is compared to time as immovable to movable. And thus Boethius compared the intellect to eternity, and reason to time."

— St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)