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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

1848	We are coerced into assent to a truth by reason's violence [Aquinas]
	Full Idea: We are coerced into assent to a truth by reason's violence.
	From: Thomas Aquinas (Quaestiones Disputatae de Malo [1271], Q6.10)

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason

1858	The mind is compelled by necessary truths, but not by contingent truths [Aquinas]
	Full Idea: Mind is compelled by necessary truths that can't be regarded as false, but not by contingent ones that might be false.
	From: Thomas Aquinas (Quaestiones Disputatae de Malo [1271], Q6.h to 12)