Aquinas

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    Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.
    —Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274)

    Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.
    —Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274)

    Even if it is given that someone understands the name ‘God’ to signify what is said, namely, ‘that than which a greater cannot be conceived,’ it does not follow that what is signified by this name exists in the nature of things, but only that it exists in the apprehension of the understanding.
    —Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274)