“ 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. ”
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (1274). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Aquinas |
|---|---|
| Source | Summa Theologica |
| Topic | wealth happiness |
| Date | 1274 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/17897/pg17897-images.html |
Context
“(6) Whether in pleasure?
(7) Whether in any good of the soul?
(8) Whether in any created good? ________________________
FIRST ARTICLE [I-II, Q. 2, Art. 1]
Whether Man's Happiness Consists in Wealth?
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 (Eccles. 10:19) : "All things obey money." Therefore man's happiness consists in wealth.
Obj. 2: Further, according to Boethius (De Consol. iii) , happiness is "a state of life made perfect by the aggregate of all good things." Now money seems to be the means of possessing all things: for, as the Philosopher says (Ethic. v, 5) , money was invented, that it might be a sort of guarantee for the acquisition of whatever man desires.” source
(7) Whether in any good of the soul?
(8) Whether in any created good? ________________________
FIRST ARTICLE [I-II, Q. 2, Art. 1]
Whether Man's Happiness Consists in Wealth?
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 (Eccles. 10:19) : "All things obey money." Therefore man's happiness consists in wealth.
Obj. 2: Further, according to Boethius (De Consol. iii) , happiness is "a state of life made perfect by the aggregate of all good things." Now money seems to be the means of possessing all things: for, as the Philosopher says (Ethic. v, 5) , money was invented, that it might be a sort of guarantee for the acquisition of whatever man desires.” source
