Previous post. Finally, the grand (and not unexpected) reveal! That the ultimate felicity of man consists in the contemplation of God 1 So, if the ultimate felicity of man does not consist […]
Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Happiness Does Not Lie In Acts Of Virtue
Previous post. Strange (again again) are the things men seek out. That man’s ultimate felicity does not lie in acts of the moral virtues 1 It is clear, too, that the ultimate […]
Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Happiness Does Not Come In Health
Previous post. Strange (again again) are the things men seek out. That Human Felicity Does Not Consist In Goods of the Body 1 Moreover, that man’s highest good does not lie in […]
Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Happiness Does Not Come in Riches or Worldly Power
Previous post. Strange (again) are the things men seek out. That Human Felicity Does Not Consist In Riches 1 From this, moreover, it is also clear that riches are not the highest […]
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 man, that […]
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 have said […]
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 only by […]
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 ordered to […]
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