Book contents
- Thomas Aquinas: Questions on the Passions
- Thomas Aquinas: Questions on the Passions
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Thomas Aquinas: Questions on the Passions
- Question 22 The Subject of the Passions
- Question 23 Difference of the Passions From One Another
- Question 24 Good and Evil Regarding the Passions
- Question 25 Ordering of the Passions to One Another
- Question 26 Love Itself
- Question 27 The Cause of Love
- Question 28 Effects of Love
- Question 29 Hatred
- Question 30 Desire
- Question 31 Pleasure in Itself
- Question 32 Causes of Pleasure
- Question 33 Effects of Pleasure
- Question 34 Goodness and Evilness of Pleasures
- Question 35 Sorrow and Pain
- Question 36 Causes of Sorrow or Pain
- Question 37 Effects of Pain or Sorrow
- Question 38 Remedies for Pain or Sorrow
- Question 39 Goodness and Evilness of Pain or Sorrow
- Question 40 Hope and Despair
- Question 41 Fear Itself
- Question 42 The Object of Fear
- Question 43 The Cause of Fear
- Question 44 Effects of Fear
- Question 45 Daring
- Question 46 Anger in Itself
- Question 47 The Cause that Produces Anger, and Its Remedies
- Question 48 Effects of Anger
- Works Cited
- Index Locorum
- General Index
Question 34 - Goodness and Evilness of Pleasures
from Thomas Aquinas: Questions on the Passions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2024
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Book contents
- Thomas Aquinas: Questions on the Passions
- Thomas Aquinas: Questions on the Passions
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Thomas Aquinas: Questions on the Passions
- Question 22 The Subject of the Passions
- Question 23 Difference of the Passions From One Another
- Question 24 Good and Evil Regarding the Passions
- Question 25 Ordering of the Passions to One Another
- Question 26 Love Itself
- Question 27 The Cause of Love
- Question 28 Effects of Love
- Question 29 Hatred
- Question 30 Desire
- Question 31 Pleasure in Itself
- Question 32 Causes of Pleasure
- Question 33 Effects of Pleasure
- Question 34 Goodness and Evilness of Pleasures
- Question 35 Sorrow and Pain
- Question 36 Causes of Sorrow or Pain
- Question 37 Effects of Pain or Sorrow
- Question 38 Remedies for Pain or Sorrow
- Question 39 Goodness and Evilness of Pain or Sorrow
- Question 40 Hope and Despair
- Question 41 Fear Itself
- Question 42 The Object of Fear
- Question 43 The Cause of Fear
- Question 44 Effects of Fear
- Question 45 Daring
- Question 46 Anger in Itself
- Question 47 The Cause that Produces Anger, and Its Remedies
- Question 48 Effects of Anger
- Works Cited
- Index Locorum
- General Index
Summary
One should next consider the goodness and evilness of pleasures. And about this point, four queries are raised. (1) Whether every pleasure is evil. (2) Granting that not [every pleasure is evil], whether every pleasure is good. (3) Whether some pleasure is the best thing (optimum). (4) Whether pleasure is the measure or rule according to which one judges good and evil in moral matters.
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- Thomas Aquinas: Questions on the PassionsSumma Theologiae 1a2ae 22-48, pp. 116 - 123Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024