Happiness, Aquinas & the Virtues w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Jenn Frey
Jennifer Frey
50.07
29 July 2022
18 October 2025
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Join Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. of Aquinas 101, Godsplaining, and Pints with Aquinas for an off-campus conversation with Prof. Jenn Frey about her latest Thomistic Institute lecture, "What Makes a Person Good? Aquinas and the Cardinal Virtues."
Happiness, Aquinas & the Virtues w/ Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. & Prof. Jenn Frey (Off-Campus Conversations)
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00:00 Introduction
2:30 Exploring the uncoupling of morality and happiness
11:38 To what extent are we responsible for the life of virtue and happiness?
18:42 Imperfect and perfect happiness
25:08 What is the good?
35:24 Virtue as what trains you in the good
43:30 Aristotle's lack of the theological virtues
47:35 Conclusion
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