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Misery and Its Escape: Thomas Aquinas and Teresa of Avila on the Bad Life- [electronic resource]
Misery and Its Escape: Thomas Aquinas and Teresa of Avila on the Bad Life - [electronic re...
Misery and Its Escape: Thomas Aquinas and Teresa of Avila on the Bad Life- [electronic resource]

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자료유형  
 학위논문파일 국외
최종처리일시  
20240214101648
ISBN  
9798380110976
DDC  
100
저자명  
Marsh, Anthony Joseph.
서명/저자  
Misery and Its Escape: Thomas Aquinas and Teresa of Avila on the Bad Life - [electronic resource]
발행사항  
[S.l.]: : Columbia University., 2023
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,, 2023
형태사항  
1 online resource(293 p.)
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-02, Section: A.
주기사항  
Advisor: Mercer, Christia.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 2023.
사용제한주기  
This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.
초록/해제  
요약My dissertation gives the first analysis of misery in the thought of Aquinas and Teresa of Avila, providing new insight into their ideas of happiness through means of contrast. I use the terms "misery" and "happiness" in a traditional sense to indicate life lived poorly or well, respectively, and I investigate these notions in Aquinas' and Teresa's principal texts, especially the Summa Theologiae and The Interior Castle. Both thinkers identify misery as a privation of God: a lack of the share in God's goodness that one ought to have. Both see the escape from misery as a process of perfecting the soul's faculties of intellect and will to unite one to God.For Aquinas, happiness is essentially an intellectual perfection: knowledge of God. Conversely, misery is an intellectual defect: lack of the knowledge of God that one ought to have. Moreover, Aquinas so analyzes "ought" that misery is a lack of what is naturally desired. Perfect happiness comes with the full understanding of God that one can only attain in heaven, but a middle ground exists between perfect happiness and misery. Even in this life, one can attain "imperfect happiness," and the analysis of misery helps to clarify this obscure notion. The imperfectly happy have not acquired their consummate perfection, but understand as much about God as nature presently compels them to desire to know. A right will is both necessary and sufficient for escaping misery and obtaining happiness. The will depends on the intellect in such a way that it cannot desire correctly unless the intellect understands correctly. Moreover, sin colors one's perception of reality, so that evil desire in the will causes error and ignorance in the intellect. Thus, one escapes misery if and only if one chooses to love God as one's ultimate end.For Teresa, happiness is the union with God through knowledge and love for which the soul was made, and misery is the lack of this union. The soul escapes misery by developing a relationship with God in contemplative prayer, and Teresa illustrates happiness and misery through the titular metaphor of The Interior Castle. Notably, happiness requires that one's union with God become perfectly secure, and I identify an intellectualist strain in Teresa that implies that the will cannot become perfectly committed to God unless the intellect can become perfectly firm in its certainty that God is the sole good. The quest for certainty is difficult, since like Descartes who will follow her, Teresa posits the existence of a deceiving demon with considerable influence over all the soul's powers. Against that threat, Teresa claims to find certainty through mystical experience. God is Truth, containing and grounding all other truths. In the "spiritual marriage," the soul sees God's Triune nature as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, really three distinct persons yet one substance. The directness of this vision provides a certainty which no deception can overcome.
일반주제명  
Philosophy.
일반주제명  
Philosophy of religion.
키워드  
Epistemology
키워드  
Happiness
키워드  
Misery
키워드  
Teresa of Avila
키워드  
Aquinas, Thomas
키워드  
Truth
키워드  
God
기타저자  
Columbia University Philosophy
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-02A.
기본자료저록  
Dissertation Abstract International
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■520    ▼aMy  dissertation  gives  the  first  analysis  of  misery  in  the  thought  of  Aquinas  and  Teresa  of  Avila,  providing  new  insight  into  their  ideas  of  happiness  through  means  of  contrast.  I  use  the  terms  "misery"  and  "happiness"  in  a  traditional  sense  to  indicate  life  lived  poorly  or  well,  respectively,  and  I  investigate  these  notions  in  Aquinas'  and  Teresa's  principal  texts,  especially  the  Summa  Theologiae  and  The  Interior  Castle.  Both  thinkers  identify  misery  as  a  privation  of  God:  a  lack  of  the  share  in  God's  goodness  that  one  ought  to  have.  Both  see  the  escape  from  misery  as  a  process  of  perfecting  the  soul's  faculties  of  intellect  and  will  to  unite  one  to  God.For  Aquinas,  happiness  is  essentially  an  intellectual  perfection:  knowledge  of  God.  Conversely,  misery  is  an  intellectual  defect:  lack  of  the  knowledge  of  God  that  one  ought  to  have.  Moreover,  Aquinas  so  analyzes  "ought"  that  misery  is  a  lack  of  what  is  naturally  desired.  Perfect  happiness  comes  with  the  full  understanding  of  God  that  one  can  only  attain  in  heaven,  but  a  middle  ground  exists  between  perfect  happiness  and  misery.  Even  in  this  life,  one  can  attain  "imperfect  happiness,"  and  the  analysis  of  misery  helps  to  clarify  this  obscure  notion.  The  imperfectly  happy  have  not  acquired  their  consummate  perfection,  but  understand  as  much  about  God  as  nature  presently  compels  them  to  desire  to  know.  A  right  will  is  both  necessary  and  sufficient  for  escaping  misery  and  obtaining  happiness.  The  will  depends  on  the  intellect  in  such  a  way  that  it  cannot  desire  correctly  unless  the  intellect  understands  correctly.  Moreover,  sin  colors  one's  perception  of  reality,  so  that  evil  desire  in  the  will  causes  error  and  ignorance  in  the  intellect.  Thus,  one  escapes  misery  if  and  only  if  one  chooses  to  love  God  as  one's  ultimate  end.For  Teresa,  happiness  is  the  union  with  God  through  knowledge  and  love  for  which  the  soul  was  made,  and  misery  is  the  lack  of  this  union.  The  soul  escapes  misery  by  developing  a  relationship  with  God  in  contemplative  prayer,  and  Teresa  illustrates  happiness  and  misery  through  the  titular  metaphor  of  The  Interior  Castle.  Notably,  happiness  requires  that  one's  union  with  God  become  perfectly  secure,  and  I  identify  an  intellectualist  strain  in  Teresa  that  implies  that  the  will  cannot  become  perfectly  committed  to  God  unless  the  intellect  can  become  perfectly  firm  in  its  certainty  that  God  is  the  sole  good.  The  quest  for  certainty  is  difficult,  since  like  Descartes  who  will  follow  her,  Teresa  posits  the  existence  of  a  deceiving  demon  with  considerable  influence  over  all  the  soul's  powers.  Against  that  threat,  Teresa  claims  to  find  certainty  through  mystical  experience.  God  is  Truth,  containing  and  grounding  all  other  truths.  In  the  "spiritual  marriage,"  the  soul  sees  God's  Triune  nature  as  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Spirit,  really  three  distinct  persons  yet  one  substance.  The  directness  of  this  vision  provides  a  certainty  which  no  deception  can  overcome.
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