Francisco Suarez Quotes
Francisco Suarez was a Spanish Jesuit priest and the leading philosopher of the late scholastic revival. Known as Doctor Eximius, he produced the Disputationes Metaphysicae, the first systematic Western metaphysical treatise organized thematically rather than as a commentary on Aristotle. The quotes below are attributed to Francisco Suarez, organized by topic.
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Francisco Suarez on God
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“[The formal concept of entity] does not expressly refer to substance or accident , God or creature, but to all these things in the same way, that is, insofar as they are in some way similar to each other and agree in being .”
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“(About the Assumption of Mary ) It is not likely that assumption should be understood of the soul only , both because local assumption properly and strictly refers to the body, and because the souls of other saints also were taken up into heaven though the Church professes and celebrates no assumption for them, but only their passing over, their departure, their birthday.”
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“Francisco Suàrez, De Mysteriis Vitae Christi , Disp. 21, Sect. II, no 5. As reported in Joseph Duhr, SJ, The Glorious Assumption of the Mother of God , translated by John Manning Frances, SJ, Pç.J. Kenedy & Sons, New York, June 1950 (with nihil obstat by John M.A. Fearns, S.T.D., and imprimatur by Cardinal Francis Spellman given on September 18, 1950), p. 134 (of 153). OCLC 2212367.”
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“There is no doubt that God is the sufficient cause and, so to speak, the teacher of natural law , but it does not follow that he is the legislator.”
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Francisco Suarez on Justice
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“Law is an act of just and right reason which obliges those subject to it.”
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“No human law binds in conscience unless it conforms to the eternal law.”
Francisco Suarez on Knowledge
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“[...] qui expresse non dicit substantiam, neque accidens, neque Deum, nec creaturam, sed haec omnia per modum unius, scilicet quatenus sunt inter se aliquo modo similia et conveniunt in essendo .”
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“Disputationes Metaphysicae , Disputatio II , Sectio II , §8.”
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Francisco Suarez on Nature
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Attributed to Francisco Suarez:
“Whatever is real is either substance or modification of substance.”
Francisco Suarez on Politics
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“Political power is given to the community by God, not directly to any individual.”
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“A community has the natural right to defend itself against a tyrant.”