Aquinas held that analogical predication allows genuine, if imperfect, positive knowledge of God's nature via the via eminentiae, making pure negation accounts informationally unnecessary.

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Aquinas: Thomas Aquinas was a medieval Italian priest and philosopher (1225-1274) who became one of the most influential thinkers in Western history. He attempted to show that Christian faith and human reason are compatible, arguing that we can use logic and observation to understand God and the natural world. His ideas deeply shaped Catholic theology and continue to influence how religious and secular institutions think about ethics, knowledge, and the relationship between science and belief.
Informationally unnecessary(describing Aquinas's view of pure negation methods): Not needed to actually give us useful knowledge or understanding about a topic.
Negation accounts (or negative theology)(as the alternative approach Aquinas considered unnecessary): An approach to understanding God by only saying what God is NOT (for example, 'God is not limited'), rather than trying to say what God IS.
Via eminentiae(as one path to knowledge of God): Latin phrase meaning 'by way of excellence'—a method of understanding God by taking human qualities (like goodness or power) and imagining them in their absolute, perfect form.

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