Jakich przyjemności będzie doświadczał człowiek zbawiony? Stanowisko św. Tomasza z Akwinu

Abstract

This article concerns the pleasure of the blessed, i.e. the pleasure (sensual and bodily) that a blessed person will experience in the visio beatifica state. Although by its very nature this problem is a theological issue arising directly from Christian eschatology, this article focuses on the underlying philosophical problems raised by Thomas Aquinas’s research. The article includes three sections. The first concerns Thomas Aquinas’s general discussion of the bodily pleasure contained in beatitudo. In particular, I will examine Aquinas’s argument that bodily pleasure is a necessary part of beatitudo and is immanent in ultimate happiness. In the second part of the article, I will look at Thomas’s understanding of the status of the resurrected body. Lastly, in the third part I will specify the individual bodily pleasures that the saved person will probably experience.

Keywords

• pleasure
• resurrected body
• beatitudo
• thomas aquinas
• medieval philosophy