Br. Thomas Nee, O.P., on St. Albert the Great and His Discoveries

"Saint Albert the Great, Doctor universalis of the Church, was a model scientist, making major discoveries in astronomy, geology, music, and many other subjects. He writes in his De Mineralibus, 'it is [the task] of natural science not simply to accept what we are told but to inquire into the causes of natural things' (II, ii, 1). For St. Albert, discovery looks beyond things at face value, turning to their causes. Discovery should lead us then, as it led St. Albert, to recognize the ordered whole of the cosmos through its causes."

In a recent commentary, Brother Thomas Nee, O.P., reflected on St. Albert and his research, including his greatest discovery - knowledge of God, the first and uncaused cause of the ordered whole.

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