why didn’t i think of that
Happiness belongs to man in respect of his intellect: and, therefore, since the intellect remains, it can have Happiness.Thus the teeth of an Ethiopian, in respect of which he is said to be white, can retain their whiteness, even after extraction.
Ia IIae, Q4, a5, ad3 (dealing with the question of the possibility of happiness for the separated soul)
every once in awhile Thomas’ examples make me hear Simone’s voice in my head going “errr?” but the more i considered it, i guess it is a good example, maybe came across as less odd in the 13th century… there is always McInerny’s charming line that
the art of teaching consists of tactful condescension…