If a thing can be done adequately by means of one, it is superfluous to do it by means of several; for we observe that nature does not employ two instruments [if] one suffices.


Basic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, Volume 2: (ed. Hackett Publishing, 1997) - ISBN: 9780872203822

Thomas Aquinas Quotes

If a thing can be done adequately by means of one, it is superfluous to do it by means of several; for we observe that nature does not employ two...

If a thing can be done adequately by means of one, it is superfluous to do it by means of several; for we observe that nature does not employ two...

If a thing can be done adequately by means of one, it is superfluous to do it by means of several; for we observe that nature does not employ two...

If a thing can be done adequately by means of one, it is superfluous to do it by means of several; for we observe that nature does not employ two...