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- Second, man’s happiness does not consist of wealth, honor, fame, glory, power, the goods of the body, or pleasure. In fact, man’s happiness cannot consist in any created good at all, since the ultimate object of man’s will, the universal good, cannot be found in any creature but rather only in God, who is the source of all good.
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Oct 16, 2020 · Summary. Up to this point in Question 2, we have been considering not only particular goods, such as wealth, honors, glory, power, and pleasure, but also entire categories of goods, such as external goods, goods of the body, and goods of the soul.
I answer that, It is impossible for any created good to constitute man's happiness. For happiness is the perfect good, which lulls the appetite altogether; else it would not be the last end, if something yet remained to be desired.
May 28, 2016 · I answer that, It is impossible for any created good to constitute man’s happiness. For happiness is the perfect good, which lulls the appetite altogether; else it would not be the last end, if something yet remained to be desired.
- Article 1. Whether Man's Happiness consists in Wealth?
- Article 2. Whether Man's Happiness consists in Honors?
- Article 3. Whether Man's Happiness consists in Fame Or Glory?
- Article 4. Whether Man's Happiness consists in Power?
- Article 5. Whether Man's Happiness consists in Any Bodily good?
- Article 6. Whether Man's Happiness consists in Pleasure?
- Article 7. Whether Some Good of The Soul Constitutes Man's Happiness?
- Article 8. Whether Any Created Good Constitutes Man's Happiness?
Objection 1. It would seem that man's happiness consists in wealth. For since happiness is man's last end, it must consist in that which has the greatest hold on man's affections. Now this is wealth: for it is written (Ecclesiastes 10:19): "All things obey money." Therefore man's happiness consists in wealth. Objection 2. Further, according to Boet...
Objection 1. It would seem that man's happiness consists in honors. For happiness or bliss is "the reward of virtue," as the Philosopher says (Ethic. i, 9). But honor more than anything else seems to be that by which virtue is rewarded, as the Philosopher says (Ethic. iv, 3). Therefore happiness consists especially in honor. Objection 2. Further, t...
Objection 1. It would seem that man's happiness consists in glory. For happiness seems to consist in that which is paid to the saints for the trials they have undergone in the world. But this is glory: for the Apostle says (Romans 8:18): "The sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come, that shall be revealed in us....
Objection 1. It would seem that happiness consists in power. For all things desire to become like to God, as to their last end and first beginning. But men who are in power, seem, on account of the similarity of power, to be most like to God: hence also in Scripture they are called "gods" (Exodus 22:28), "Thou shalt not speak ill of the gods." Ther...
Objection 1. It would seem that man's happiness consists in bodily goods. For it is written (Sirach 30:16): "There is no riches above the riches of the health of the body." But happinessconsists in that which is best. Therefore it consists in the health of the body. Objection 2. Further, Dionysius says (Div. Nom. v), that "to be" is better than "to...
Objection 1. It would seem that man's happiness consists in pleasure. For since happiness is the last end, it is not desired for something else, but other things for it. But this answers to pleasure more than to anything else: "for it is absurd to ask anyone what is his motive in wishing to be pleased" (Ethic. x, 2). Therefore happinessconsists pri...
Objection 1. It would seem that some good of the soul constitutes man's happiness. For happiness is man's good. Now this is threefold: external goods, goods of the body, and goods of the soul. But happiness does not consist in external goods, nor in goods of the body, as shown above (Articles 4 and 5). Therefore it consists in goods of the soul. Ob...
Objection 1. It would seem that some created good constitutes man's happiness. For Dionysius says (Div. Nom. vii) that Divine wisdom "unites the ends of first things to the beginnings of second things," from which we may gather that the summit of a lower nature touches the base of the higher nature. But man's highest good is happiness. Since then t...
It is impossible for any created good to constitute man’s happiness. For happiness is that perfect good which entirely satisfies one’s desire; otherwise it would not be the ultimate end, if something yet remained to be desired.
Oct 16, 2020 · In our day, most studies of happiness rely on surveys: If most people say happiness is X, then the researchers conclude that happiness must be X. Apparently a great many people are convinced that X is pleasure.
I answer that, It is impossible for any created good to constitute man’s happiness. For happiness is that perfect good which entirely satisfies one’s desire; otherwise it would not be the ultimate end, if something yet remained to be desired. Now the object of the will, i.e. of man’s desire, is what is universally good; just as the ...
