The treatise on happiness. The treatise on human acts : Summa theologiae I-II 1-21 /
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Indianapolis :
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- FC; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; The Structure of the Second Part of the Summa theologiae; The Treatise on Happiness; Question 1. The Ultimate End of Human Beings; Article 1. Is it characteristic of human beings to act for the sake of an end?; Article 2. Is acting for the sake of an end something that only rational natures do?; Article 3. Do human acts get their species from their end?; Article 4. Is there an ultimate end of human life?; Article 5. Can one human being have more than one ultimate end?
- Article 6. Do human beings will everything they will for the sake of the ultimate end?Article 7. Is there one and the same ultimate end for all human beings?; Article 8. Do all other creatures have the same ultimate end as human beings?; Question 2. The Things in Which Happiness Consists; Article 1. Does human happiness consist in wealth?; Article 2. Does human happiness consist in honors?; Article 3. Does human happiness consist in glory or fame?; Article 4. Does human happiness consist in power?; Article 5. Does human happiness consist in goods of the body?
- Article 6. Does human happiness consist in pleasure?Article 7. Does happiness consist in a good of the soul?; Article 8. Does human happiness consist in any created good?; Question 3. What Is Happiness?; Article 1. Is happiness something uncreated?; Article 2. Is happiness an activity?; Article 3. Is happiness an activity of the sensory part or only of the intellectual part?; Article 4. Given that happiness is an activity of the intellectual part, is it an activity of the intellect or of the will?; Article 5. Is happiness an activity of the speculative or of the practical intellect?
- Article 6. Does human happiness consist in thinking about the speculative sciences?Article 7. Does human happiness consist in the cognition of the separated substances-that is, the angels?; Article 8. Does human happiness consist in the vision of the divine essence?; Question 4. The Things That Are Required for Happiness; Article 1. Is delight required for happiness?; Article 2. What is more fundamental in happiness: delight or vision?; Article 3. Is comprehension required for happiness?; Article 4. Is rectitude of will required for happiness?
- Article 5. Is the body required for human happiness?Article 6. Is the perfection of the body required for happiness?; Article 7. Are any external goods required for happiness?; Article 8. Is the companionship of friends required for happiness?; Question 5. The Attainment of Happiness; Article 1. Can human beings attain happiness?; Article 2. Can one human being be happier than another?; Article 3. Can someone be happy in this life?; Article 4. Can happiness, once possessed, be lost?; Article 5. Can human beings attain happiness through their natural powers?