“"God created man from the earth," namely as regards the body, "and made him according to His own image," namely as regards the soul. He gives us to understand that the human soul has three operations, according to its power and operation. "Every noble soul has three operations," by which it turns itself upon its own b…”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 8
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1The Lord created man of the earth, and turned him into it again.
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— Sirach 17:1 —
2He gave them few days, and a short time, and power also over the things therein.
3He endued them with strength by themselves, and made them according to his image,