1. What is the key distinction St. Thomas Aquinas makes in his doctrine of "double happiness"?
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The happiness of the rich vs. the happiness of the poor.
The happiness of the body vs. the happiness of the soul.
Imperfect happiness (felicitas) in this life vs. perfect happiness (beatitudo) in the next.
Active happiness vs. passive happiness.
2. For Aquinas, what is the ultimate source of perfect happiness (beatitudo)?
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The possession of all worldly goods and pleasures.
The perfect exercise of moral virtues on Earth.
The direct vision of the Divine Essence (God).
The admiration and respect of one's community.
3. What is the "Hypnosphere" as described in the chapter?
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A state of deep meditation achieved through spiritual practice.
The collective unconscious of humanity as described by Carl Jung.
A technologically-mediated environment that systematically hijacks human desire for economic and political ends.
How does Aquinas view the relationship between earthly fulfillment (felicitas) and supernatural beatitude?
4. How does Aquinas view the relationship between earthly fulfillment (felicitas) and supernatural beatitude?
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Felicitas is an illusion and has no real value.
Felicitas, achieved through virtue and contemplation, is a real but imperfect participation in the perfect beatitude found only in God.
Felicitas is sufficient for human fulfillment, making beatitudo unnecessary.
Felicitas and beatitudo are unrelated and contradictory goals.
5. According to Aquinas, why can no created good constitute a person's perfect happiness?
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Because created goods are difficult to obtain.
Because the human will's object is the universal good, which can only be found in God.
Because other people will always be envious of created goods.
Because pleasure derived from created goods is sinful.