Future contingents cannot be certain to us, because we know them as such. They can be certain only to God whose understanding is in eternity above time. Just as a man going along a road does not see those who come after him; but the man who sees the whole road from a height sees all those who are going along the road at the same time.


Summa Theologiae: Volume 4, Knowledge in God: 1a. 14-18 (ed. Cambridge University Press, 2006) - ISBN: 9780521029124

Thomas Aquinas Quotes

Future contingents cannot be certain to us, because we know them as such. They can be certain only to God whose understanding is in eternity above...

Future contingents cannot be certain to us, because we know them as such. They can be certain only to God whose understanding is in eternity above...

Future contingents cannot be certain to us, because we know them as such. They can be certain only to God whose understanding is in eternity above...

Future contingents cannot be certain to us, because we know them as such. They can be certain only to God whose understanding is in eternity above...