connatural

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And since works of virtue are connatural to reason, while works of vice are contrary to nature, therefore it is that works of virtue are called fruits, but not so works of vice.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

In conscious agencies this inclination or tendency to actions conformable or connatural to their being is not always in act; it is aroused by conscious cognition, perception, or imagination of a good, and operates intermittently.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

These it realizes gradually, through the exercise of its connatural activities.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

Thus it is plain that it is the connatural mode of the human soul to receive knowledge as a habit.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Now the connatural mode of the human soul is that it should understand sometimes actually, and sometimes potentially.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint