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St Thomas Aquinas later Christianized Aristotle's ethics. Which of these was NOT part of Aquinas's thought?
{ 1 } - We cannot achieve any measure of happiness on earth, but only in heaven.
{ 2 } - To the virtues mentioned by Aristotle is added Christianity's three theological virtues (faith, hope, and love).
{ 3 } - Our final happiness is the contemplation of God in the afterlife; this is the activity of our highest faculty (knowledge) toward the highest object (God).
{ 4 } - We can know the basic moral norms in two ways: from reason (as in Aristotle) or from revelation (as in the Bible).
{ 5 } - All of these were parts of his thought.
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St Thomas Aquinas later Christianized Aristotle's ethics. Which of these was NOT part of Aquinas's thought?
{ 1 } - We cannot achieve any measure of happiness on earth, but only in heaven.
{ 2 } - To the virtues mentioned by Aristotle is added Christianity's three theological virtues (faith, hope, and love).
{ 3 } - Our final happiness is the contemplation of God in the afterlife; this is the activity of our highest faculty (knowledge) toward the highest object (God).
{ 4 } - We can know the basic moral norms in two ways: from reason (as in Aristotle) or from revelation (as in the Bible).
{ 5 } - All of these were parts of his thought.
Aquinas thought that we could achieve a measure of natural happiness (as described by Aristotle) on earth. But complete happiness must wait for heaven.
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St Thomas Aquinas later Christianized Aristotle's ethics. Which of these was NOT part of Aquinas's thought?
{ 1 } - We cannot achieve any measure of happiness on earth, but only in heaven.
{ 2 } - To the virtues mentioned by Aristotle is added Christianity's three theological virtues (faith, hope, and love).
{ 3 } - Our final happiness is the contemplation of God in the afterlife; this is the activity of our highest faculty (knowledge) toward the highest object (God).
{ 4 } - We can know the basic moral norms in two ways: from reason (as in Aristotle) or from revelation (as in the Bible).
{ 5 } - All of these were parts of his thought.
This was part of his thought.
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St Thomas Aquinas later Christianized Aristotle's ethics. Which of these was NOT part of Aquinas's thought?
{ 1 } - We cannot achieve any measure of happiness on earth, but only in heaven.
{ 2 } - To the virtues mentioned by Aristotle is added Christianity's three theological virtues (faith, hope, and love).
{ 3 } - Our final happiness is the contemplation of God in the afterlife; this is the activity of our highest faculty (knowledge) toward the highest object (God).
{ 4 } - We can know the basic moral norms in two ways: from reason (as in Aristotle) or from revelation (as in the Bible).
{ 5 } - All of these were parts of his thought.
This was part of his thought.
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St Thomas Aquinas later Christianized Aristotle's ethics. Which of these was NOT part of Aquinas's thought?
{ 1 } - We cannot achieve any measure of happiness on earth, but only in heaven.
{ 2 } - To the virtues mentioned by Aristotle is added Christianity's three theological virtues (faith, hope, and love).
{ 3 } - Our final happiness is the contemplation of God in the afterlife; this is the activity of our highest faculty (knowledge) toward the highest object (God).
{ 4 } - We can know the basic moral norms in two ways: from reason (as in Aristotle) or from revelation (as in the Bible).
{ 5 } - All of these were parts of his thought.
This was part of his thought.
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St Thomas Aquinas later Christianized Aristotle's ethics. Which of these was NOT part of Aquinas's thought?
{ 1 } - We cannot achieve any measure of happiness on earth, but only in heaven.
{ 2 } - To the virtues mentioned by Aristotle is added Christianity's three theological virtues (faith, hope, and love).
{ 3 } - Our final happiness is the contemplation of God in the afterlife; this is the activity of our highest faculty (knowledge) toward the highest object (God).
{ 4 } - We can know the basic moral norms in two ways: from reason (as in Aristotle) or from revelation (as in the Bible).
{ 5 } - All of these were parts of his thought.
No, not all!
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