II. From natural desire for felicity; incomplete happiness without the body (Thomas)
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II.From the human's natural desire by which he tends toward felicity.Next, Thomas says, it has been shown that the human's natural desire tends toward felicity.But last felicity is the perfection of the happy one.Therefore to whomsoever something is lacking toward perfection, he does not yet have perfect felicity, because his desire is not yet totally quieted.For every imperfect thing naturally appetites to obtain perfection.But the soul separated from the body retains a natural desire toward union with the body; therefore it is not yet perfectly blessed without the body.
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II. A naturali hominis desiderio, quo ad felicitatem tendit. Deinde, ait Thomas, ostensum est naturale hominis desiderium ad felicitatem tendere. Felicitas autem ultima est felicis perfectio. Cuicunque igitur deest aliquid ad perfectionem, nondum habet perfectam felicitatem, quia nondum ejus desiderium totaliter quietatur. Omne enim imperfectum perfectionem consequi naturaliter appetit. Anima autem a corpore separata desiderium naturale ad unionem cum corpore retinet; ergo nondum perfecte beata est absque corpore.