“ Obj. 3: Further, distaste is incompatible with desire. But pleasure often causes distaste. ”
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (1274). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Aquinas |
|---|---|
| Source | Summa Theologica |
| Topic | pleasure desire |
| 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
“But pleasure is, in a way, contrary to desire, on the part of the object: since desire regards a good which is not yet possessed, whereas pleasure regards the good that is possessed. Therefore pleasure does not cause desire for itself.
Obj. 3: Further, distaste is incompatible with desire. But pleasure often causes distaste. Therefore it does not cause desire.
On the contrary, Our Lord said (John 4:13) : "Whosoever drinketh of this water, shall thirst again": where, according to Augustine (Tract. xv in Joan.) , water denotes pleasures of the body.
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Obj. 3: Further, distaste is incompatible with desire. But pleasure often causes distaste. Therefore it does not cause desire.
On the contrary, Our Lord said (John 4:13) : "Whosoever drinketh of this water, shall thirst again": where, according to Augustine (Tract. xv in Joan.) , water denotes pleasures of the body.
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