118c: Happiness is Learning More about Medieval Theologian Thomas Aquinas and Virtue

Today we talk with author J. Budziszewski, scholar and professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin about his new book: How and How Not to Be Happy. J Budziszewski among many other areas, is a scholar on Thomas Aquinas. In this conversation we tap into some of the ideas of Thomas Aquinas on happiness. This book in a great introduction into Thomas Aquinas and some of J Budziszewski’s other books on the great Middles Ages philosopher and theologian.

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•Today we talk with author J. Budziszewski, scholar and professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin about his new book: How and How Not to Be Happy. J Budziszewski among many other areas, is a scholar on Thomas Aquinas. In this conversation we tap into some of the ideas of Thomas Aquinas on happiness. This book in a great introduction into Thomas Aquinas and some of J Budziszewski’s other books on the great Middles Ages philosopher and theologian.
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