When it is said that an angel exceeds other creatures, is it not impossible to maintain this for the angels that became evil?
The first we say due to an ordering in nature: from inanimate to animate, sensitive, intellectual, and finally immortal is higher than mortal. But there is another ordering according to utility or advantage, which is influenced by our will or love. Therefore in the scale of a just will, good men are of greater value than fallen angels.
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