PHIL 897 Aquinas on Pleasure

A consideration of Aquinas's complex analysis of delectatio (pleasure, enjoyment, delight), and of important anthropological and moral aspects of delectatio brought out by Aquinas. Reference will be made to Aristotle's accounts of hedon, Albert the Great's commentary on Nicomachean Ethics, Aquinas's commentary on Nicomachean Ethics, Aquinas's Summa Theologica, and other works of Aquinas.