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Quotation from Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas
“The majority of men follow their passions, which are movements of the sensitive appetite, in which movements of the heavenly bodies can cooperate: but few are wise enough to resist these passions”
Summa Theologica, I, Q. 115, Art. 4, Reply Obj. 3, trans. Fathers of the English Dominican Province (1911-1920)
Aquinas explains why astrologers' general predictions often succeed while individuals remain free to resist.
Citation: "The majority of men follow their passions, which are movements of the sensitive appetite, in which movements of the heavenly bodies can cooperate: but few are wise enough to resist these passions" — Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, I, Q. 115, Art. 4, Reply Obj. 3, trans. Fathers of the English Dominican Province (1911-1920). (id summa-theologica-q12)
Portrait: Saint Thomas Aquinas, Carlo Crivelli, Public domain.
