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Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Happiness Does Not Come In Honor Or Glory
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Happiness Does Not Come In Honor Or Glory

Previous post. Strange are the things men seek out. That Human Felicity Does Not Consist In Honor 1 It is also clear from the foregoing that the highest good for…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Happiness Does Not Come In Pleasures Of The Flesh
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Happiness Does Not Come In Pleasures Of The Flesh

Previous post. This is the . real summary against modern thought. That Human Felicity Does Not Come In Pleasures Of The Flesh 1 Now, it is clear from what we…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Happiness Comes In Thinking
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Happiness Comes In Thinking

Previous post. Intellect trumps will, but willpower is good. Whether felicity consists in a will act 1 Now, since an intellectual substance, through its own operation, attains to God, not…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: To Understand God Is Our Natural End
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Summary Against Modern Thought: To Understand God Is Our Natural End

Previous post. Dear reader, you are an intellectual substance. that to understand God is the end of every intellectual substance 1 Since all creatures, even those devoid of understanding, are…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: All Beings Seek The Good
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Summary Against Modern Thought: All Beings Seek The Good

Previous post. Be sure and review and understand what our saint meant by "the good". Even beings devoid of knowledge seek the good 1 Now, if a celestial body is…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: The Motion Of The Heavens
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Summary Against Modern Thought: The Motion Of The Heavens

Previous post. This looks like a lot, but it is not that difficult. Our saint moves us swiftly through each argument. There is much to learn from this, even though,…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: How Things Are Ordered To Their Ends
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Summary Against Modern Thought: How Things Are Ordered To Their Ends

Summary Against Modern Thought: How Things Imitate Divine Goodness Previous post. Question: What is the final cause? Answer: Yes. How Things Are Ordered To Their Ends In Their Various Ways…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Become More Godlike
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Become More Godlike

Previous post. Review! We skipped a week because of Easter, and memories are short. That things naturally tend to become like God inasmuch as He is a cause 1 As…
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