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Often appears with: the nature and attributes of God · reason and the intellect · future contingencies · doubt, skepticism, and certainty · divine revelation · adam’s knowledge
Usually: argument (1) · detachment (1)
Aquinius argues Adam in innocence had knowledge suited to humanity’s natural aptitude and necessary supernatural truths for directing life, but lacked knowledge of thoughts, future contingents, and trivial particulars.
body for that purpose. Now man would have advanced in merit in that state of life; therefore also in knowledge. Therefore he was not endowed with knowledge of all things. *On the contrary,* Man named the animals (Gen. 2:20). But names should be adapted to the nature of things. Therefore Adam knew the animals' natures; and in like manner he was possessed of the knowledge of all other things. *I answer that,* In the …