Summa Made Simple Ep 23: The Toddler Running Your Life
Love this content? Become a paying subscriber and help create more.Support via Substack (from $5 a month) | Support on Patreon (from $1 a month)Thank you !Modern culture tells us to “listen to your inner child.” To “Just do it!” and to “Obey your thirst!”Aquinas would say that’s exactly the problem.In this episode, we explore one of the most unexpected claims in the Summa: intemperance is childish. Not because children enjoy pleasure — but because both children and unchecked desires refuse to listen to reason.Left alone, a child becomes headstrong.Left alone, desire becomes a tyrant.Through…
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