Summa Made Simple Ep 22: The Sin Nobody Warned You About
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 !We’ve heard a thousand sermons about excess.Almost none about deficiency.In this episode, we dive into the vice of insensibility — the strange and nearly forgotten sin of refusing legitimate pleasure. Can denying wine, sex, or even simple joy actually be contrary to reason? When does abstinence become pride? When does “discipline” become disdain for God’s design?Through Aristotle and Aquinas, we unpack why virtue is qualitative, not…
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