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

The Thomistic Institute

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The Importance of a Last End

Aquinas: Victory is an ultimate cause. It's maybe not the most ultimate, but he's just saying, OK, let's zoom in on one test case. Fighting well is the intermediate end. So you can connect stealing to alms giving, but it's not like fighting well is connected to victory. If you aren't clear on having a final end that you're trying to order your life towards, then your life is going to be fragmented.

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