How to break free? Perhaps, by using concepts analogically, he suggests, drawing on the work of Catholic theologians. Thomas Aquinas claimed it is possible for humans to speak of, and comprehend, God’s attributes through analogy. We know what it is for a human to be good, or to create, or to be wise. We speak of God’s goodness, of His creation, of His wisdom by analogy, by transposing concepts that have their use in the finite human realm to the infinite.[225] ‘Can we take up this structure?’ he asks, flinging himself into the other armchair.
