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What is Needed for Happiness? | Father Dominic Legge, O.P.

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Aquinas' Commentary on the Moral Life

Aquinas: Pleasures are different. There's an analogical hierarchy of pleasures associated with the hierarchy of goods. We can seek after animal goods, and you will remain on the level of your animal nature. When you seek higher pleasures, you begin to develop a taste for them. Then you are exhibiting moral maturity, really, and moral growth.

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