Unit 5
Aristotle (Antiquity) and St. Thomas Aquinas (The Middle Ages)

Learning Objectives

When you have completed Unit 5, you should be able to

1. describe and explain Aristotle’s concepts of happiness and virtue.
2. describe and explain Aquinas’s concept of happiness.
3. classify both theorists according to the distinctions presented in Unit 1.
4. assess both positions for strengths and weaknesses and describe similarities and differences with the theories discussed in Part One.