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 instruments if one suffices.

Thomas Aquinas

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• 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.

  

  Thomas Aquinas
  • Nature
  • Means
  • Suffices