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TREATISE ON THE LAST END (Questions [1]-5)
PROLOGUE
Since, as Damascene states (De Fide Orth. ii, 12), man is said to be
made in God's image, in so far as the image implies "an intelligent being
endowed with free-will and self-movement": now that we have treated of
the exemplar, i.e. God, and of those things which came forth from the
power of God in accordance with His will; it remains for us to treat of
His image, i.e. man, inasmuch as he too is the principle of his actions,
as having free-will and control of his actions.