connatural

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And hence to use comparison and discursion is connatural to the souls of the blessed, but not to angels.

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

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

I answer that, The species whereby the angels understand are not drawn from things, but are connatural to them.

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

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

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

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