Single Idea 2836

[catalogued under 28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature]

Full Idea

God himself is not blessed and happy on account of any of the external goods but because of himself and what he is by his own nature.

Gist of Idea

God is not blessed and happy because of external goods, but because of his own nature

Source

Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1323b24)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Sinclair,T.A. /Saunders,T. [Penguin 1992], p.392


A Reaction

Aristotle was famous for saying that external goods are important for the virtuous human life, so this idea is his corrective, which shows that they are of limited importance.