“For Aristotle and St. Thomas, I tell my students, ‘happiness’ meant not a mood or a feeling, but rather an achievement. To look back at a man's life and declare it ‘happy’ was to say that he was a success at being human -- not the same, obviously, as being so in business, politics, entertainment or sports. But then what kind of success is it?”
In a recent commentary, Dr. Michael Pakaluk, Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Ave Maria University, reflected on the life of Father Joseph Muzquiz, an Opus Dei priest who served in Massachusetts and in a number of other places, and his attitude of fruitfulness.
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The Pilot: Happiness in disguise (5 APR 13)
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