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Boethius on Human Happiness by Federico is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Boethius discusses the supreme good for humans. He argues that as all beings have a highest possible good, humans must also have a supreme good, though not an absolute one. This good is found through reason and is according to our highest power, which is intellect. The supreme goods accessible through intellect are knowledge of truth and delight in it (speculative intellect), and doing good and delight in it (practical intellect). Thus, human happiness consists in knowing the true, doing the good, and takin
- Author
- Federico
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- EN