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Single Idea 1848

[filed under theme 2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason ]

Full Idea

We are coerced into assent to a truth by reason's violence.

Gist of Idea

We are coerced into assent to a truth by reason's violence

Source

Thomas Aquinas (Quaestiones Disputatae de Malo [1271], Q6.10)

Book Ref

Aquinas,Thomas: 'Selected Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. McDermott,Timothy [OUP 1993], p.173