LOVE Flashcards
-Basic inclination towards good.
LOVE
this inclination comes from the sense appetite (emotions) & intellectual appetite
(volition from the will).
LOVE
what does “Nihil volitum nisi prius praecognitum” mean
Love will always depend on knowledge.
The more you know, the more you
love
The good is the cause of this inclination.
LOVE
The good resides in the thing
(object)
it depends on the person’s choice
(subjective).
there’s a shade of evil in it, it’s not the evil that he wills to end but he sees it as a good though evil
(apparent good).
2 Effects of LOVE:
- Love always seeks union.
- Love leads to external actions.
is an effect of the possession of a sensible good
Pleasure
is an effect of the possession of evil in the sense of appetite
Pain
It is the opposite of pleasure.
Pain
is an effect of the possession off good in the spiritual appetite.
Happiness
is the effect of the possession of evil in the intellectual appetite.
Sadness
is the fruit of reflection of pain ( when you ponder or think of the pain).
Suffering
Destruct emotion by giving attention to other
object
The will can do two things:
a.) It can decide to execute it or not.
b.) The will can choose the manner it is to be manifested.
In order to control emotions in a more or constant way, we have to practice
virtues
Control emotions by controlling
bodily dispositions
can exist independently from the body.
soul
man needs —– and —– to make the whole person
soul & body
what proof is the Proof of the existence of the soul:
(Aristotelian Proof)
is not circumscribed in a particular place of the body but rather containing the whole body
soul
4 Characteristics of the soul
non-material or non-corporeal.
simple
unique and exclusive/transferable.
immortal