In the writings of Thomas Aquinas, the ability to speak rightly about God is of utmost importance.

On Aquinas' account, humans say things that are literally true about God by way of analogy.

Animating the philosophical question about properly speaking about God is a theological concern about the correctness and value of divine revelation.

When Aquinas affirms that we are able to speak analogously about God, he affirms that we can speak correctly about God and that what he takes to be divine revelation conveys specific meanings.

Aquinas' doctrine of analogy touches upon any number of concerns in philosophy, theology, and spirituality.

In philosophy and natural theology, we have questions about how humans rightly speak about God prior to receiving truth about revelation.