Assertion: imperfect happiness | /r/HasProperty | felicitas
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text: His ultimate answer is that perfect happiness (beatitudo) is not possible on earth, but an imperfect happiness (felicitas) is.
text: Thus Aquinas is lead to make a distinction between “perfect happiness” which he calls beatitudo, and “imperfect happiness” called felicitas.
text: There can be an imperfect happiness (felicitas) attainable in this lifetime, in proportion to the exercise of Reason (contemplation of truth) and the exercise of virtue.
text: We can obtain imperfect happiness (felicitas) in this life by growing in our knowledge of God through the “operation of the intellect.