For though the stick or the stone is an earthly vision, it is through them that St. Thomas finds his way to heaven; and the point is that he is obedient to the vision; he does not go back on it.
Nearly all the other sages who have led or misled mankind do, on one excuse or another, go
back on it. They dissolve the stick or the stone in chemical solutions of scepticism; either in the
medium of mere time and change; or in the difficulties of classification of unique units; or in the
difficulty of recognising variety while admitting unity. ("The Permanent Philosophy": p. 9)
Which of G. K. Chesterton's claims about St. Thomas Aquinas is supported by this passage?
Aquinas bases his philosophical method on the evidence of the five senses.
Aquinas applies Aristotelian logic as rigorously as a modern scientist follows the scientific method.
Aquinas developed a complete theory of man.
Aquinas believes the Scriptures are a source of truth.