Now the object of the will, i. e., of man's appetite, is the universal good... Hence it is evident that nothing can lull the human will but the universal good. This is to be found, not in any creature, but in God alone; because every creature has goodness by participation. Thus God alone can satisfy the will of a human being.


I–II, q. 2, art. 8 - Summa Theologica (1265–1274)

Thomas Aquinas Quotes

Now the object of the will, i. e., of man's appetite, is the universal good... Hence it is evident that nothing can lull the human will but the...

Now the object of the will, i. e., of man's appetite, is the universal good... Hence it is evident that nothing can lull the human will but the...

Now the object of the will, i. e., of man's appetite, is the universal good... Hence it is evident that nothing can lull the human will but the...

Now the object of the will, i. e., of man's appetite, is the universal good... Hence it is evident that nothing can lull the human will but the...