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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing at all; there is no more reward for them, their memory is forgotten. Their love, their hate, their jealousy have already perished- nor will they ever again have a share in whatever is done beneath the sun. …
Bonaventure
And he proves this first with regard to the act of cognition. "For the living know that they are to die": at least of this they are certain: 2 Kings 14: "We all die, and like waters that flow down into the earth, which do not return." Or: "to die," that is, given over to the necessity of death; Romans 8: "The body is dead because of sin." "For the dead know nothing further," because cognition presupposes life; and thus the living surpass the dead in the act of cognition: for they have neither motion nor sensation. …
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