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Freedom, Desire, and Happiness | Father Dominic Legge, O.P.

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The End Is a Final Cause

Human beings tend to be unhappy when they feel purposeless. We feel unhappy when we're not able to orient our lives towards some larger goal. And in fact, that seems to be very characteristic of human beings as distinct from animals. So this would be a confirmation of Aquinas's claim that the characteristic human activity is rational.

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