tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post837669139759813855..comments2024-03-29T03:56:08.315-04:00Comments on johnshaplin: Portrait of Thomas Aquinas by Terry Eagletonjohnshaplinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17618981988062495637noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post-79228728695083942752013-11-30T13:22:17.005-05:002013-11-30T13:22:17.005-05:00The philosophy of Aquinas is often reflected in Da...The philosophy of Aquinas is often reflected in Dante’s “Divine Comedy”, where souls without bodies waste away in hunger, where material weight is combined with metaphysical urgency; the way he suggests that within the conversations he is describing more is going on than is quite being said; his skill in leaving the the unknowable or the unsayable unsaid. <br /><br />“If the wax<br />Were perfectly receptive and the force<br />Of Heaven could run truly on the tracks<br />Of its descent, he seal would match the<br />source<br />In brightness, but there is a falling short<br />By nature always, as the artist’s craft<br />Comes from a trembling hand.”<br /><br />johnshaplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618981988062495637noreply@blogger.com