"We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.“


-Thomas Aquinas

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We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.

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