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Treatise on Happiness
About this book
The Treatise on Happiness and the accompanying Treatise on Human Acts comprise the first twenty-one questions of I-II of the Summa Theologiae. From his careful consideration of what true happiness is, to his comprehensive discussion of how it can be attained, St. Thomas Aquinas offers a challenging and classic statement of the goals of human life, both ultimate and proximate. This translation presents in accurate, consistent, contemporary English the great Christian thinker's enduring contributions on the subject of man's happiness.
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Yes, you can access Treatise on Happiness by St. Thomas Aquinas, John A. Oesterle in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Philosophy & Ethics & Moral Philosophy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
QUESTION I | ||
The Ultimate End of Man in General | ||
First Article: | Does Man Act for an End? | |
Second Article: | Does Acting for an End belong Exclusively to Those Beings in Nature that Have Reason? | |
Third Article: | Are Human Acts Specified by Their End? | |
Fourth Article: | There an Ultimate End for Human Life? | |
Fifth Article: | Can a Man Have Several Ultimate Ends? | |
Sixth Article: | Does Man Will All that He Wills for an Ultimate End? | |
Seventh Article: | Is There One Ultimate End for All Men? | |
Eighth Article: | Do Other Creatures Share in this Ultimate End? | |
QUESTION II | ||
In What Man’s Happiness Consists | ||
First Article: | Does Man’s Happiness Consist in Wealth? | |
Second Article: | Does Man’s Happiness Consist in Honors? | |
Third Article: | Does Man’s Happiness Consist in Fame or Glory? | |
Fourth Article: | Does Man’s Happiness Consist in Power? | |
Fifth Article: | Does Man’s Happiness Consist in Some Good of the Body? | |
Sixth Article: | Does Man’s Happiness Consist in Pleasure? | |
Seventh Article: | Does Man’s Happiness Consist in Some Good of the Soul? | |
Eighth Article: | Does Man’s Happiness Consist in Any Created Good? | |
QUESTION III | ||
What Is Happiness | ||
First Article: | Is Happiness Something Uncreated? | |
Second Article: | Is Happiness an Activity? | |
Third Article: | Is Happiness an Activity ... | |
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Question I: The Ultimate End of Man in General
- Question II: In What Man’s Happiness Consists
- Question III: What Is Happiness
- Question IV: What Is Required for Happiness
- Question V: The Attainment of Happiness
- Question VI: The Voluntary and the Involuntary
- Question VII: The Circumstances of Human Acts
- Question VIII: What the Will Wills
- Question IX: What Moves the Will
- Question X: The Manner in Which the Will Is Moved
- Question XI: Enjoyment, an Act of the Will
- Question XII: Intention
- Question XIII: Choice, An Act of the Will in Relation to the Means
- Question XIV: Deliberation, Which Precedes Choice
- Question XV: Consent, an Act of the Will in Relation to the Means
- Question XVI: Use, an Act of the Will in Relation to the Means
- Question XVII: Acts Commanded by the Will
- Question XVIII: The Goodness and Malice of Human Acts in General
- Question XIX: The Goodness and Malice of the Interior Act of the Will
- Question XX: The Goodness and Malice of External Human Acts
- Question XXI: What Follows upon Human Acts by Reason of Their Being Good or Evil