17. 3. Acedia and Sadness: Thomas Aquinas’ synthesis
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Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae, IIa IIae, q. 35. English Translation by
Alfred Freddoso, from his online and fully avalaible translation of entire ST (in progress)
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This text is extract from Thomas Aquinas' "Treatise on the passions of the soul"
and brings on sadness. It is interesting to contrast it with the question on acedia,
which is not a passion but a mortal sin.
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