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Summary Against Modern Thought: Ultimate Happiness Comes In Contemplation Of God
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Ultimate Happiness Comes In Contemplation Of God

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…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Happiness Does Not Lie In Acts Of Virtue
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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…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Happiness Does Not Come In Health
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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…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Happiness Does Not Come in Riches or Worldly Power
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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…
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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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