IV. as he is man. Now it is clear that all the actions that proceed from any pOver are caused by that power acting in reference to its object. But the object of the win is some end in the shape of good. Therefore all human actions must be for an encl. § I. The end, though it is last in execution, is first in the intention of the agent, and in this way stands as a cause. § 3- Such Clctions as when Ulan moves foot or hand, while thinking of other things, or sh-okes his beard, are not properly human, because they do not proceed from the deliberation of the reason, which is the proper principle of human actions. ARTI eLF. IV.-J s there any last eml of hltmm~ con-duct? R. In ends there is found a twof01d ortier, to ''''it, the order of intention Clnd the order of execution, and in both orders there must be some first point. That vhich is first in the order of intention is a sort of principle moving the desire: take that principle away, and
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Thomas Aquinas was an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus and Doctor Communis.
He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology, and the father of the Thomistic school of philosophy and theology. His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern philosophy was conceived as a reaction against, or as an agreement with, his ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law and political theory.
The philosophy of Aquinas has exerted enormous influence on subsequent Christian theology, especially that of the Roman Catholic Church, extending to Western philosophy in general, where he stands as a vehicle and modifier of Aristotelianism, which he fused with the thought of Augustine.
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