We start with what we know, and move to what we don't. IN morals this means we begin with our family, our culture, and proceed toward a more complete knowledge of what is reasonable human activity.

Customs: The Principles of Morals

Its useful to have your conclusions confirmed by those who study the same thing. 

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Happiness Confirmed

huh, looks like Aquinas took a coffee break at the end of this lecture and will tell us about external goods and specific virtues tomorrow. You know, people often use indoor plumbing as a reason not live in the past, but for me, its the lack of coffee. Unfortunately coffee is an enlightenment discovery and I am not certain if I want to hang with those dudes. 

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I wonder if the discovery of coffee had any influence on the perfection of indoor plumbing?

The Prize Goes To Those Who Compete

Look around you, who are the virtuous people in your life? Do you want to be happy the way they are happy?

The Pleasures Of Virtue

My favorite Goods of Fortune are a bottle of wine, a cigar, and good friends...I think in that order actually. What are yours?

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Goods Of Fortune

Happiness springs from some human cause immediately and from a divine cause principally and ultimately. Chance however plays a part in enriching happiness. 

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The Causes Of Happiness

There is something to be said about the happiness that comes with the completion of a task. Although there is certainly something also to be said about the happiness brought about by the effects of ones actions long into the future. 

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The Happy Dead

Virtue is the part of us which is most long lasting, thus we have at our disposal the means to happy in this life for a very long time.

The Permanence Of Virtue

Join me as I meditate on contemporary psychology, try to understand spiritual direction, and interview wise priests and professors. Here at Color of Thought we try to solve everyday problems from the perspective of St Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle. Join us every Tuesday for a new episode!

Daniel Johnson