In this episode, we discuss the seeming contradiction of Pleasure, 'becoming goods', sensitive appetites vs. intellectual delights, the four ends of manual labor, how agriculture is particularly suited to these four ends, and the duties of our state in life.

Timestamps/Topics for Episode 103:

0:00 The seeming contradiction of Pleasure

7:47 Pleasurable flavor to feed the family well and in delight

9:15 Pleasure is an establishing of our nature in a thing that is 'becoming.'

15:37 Becoming is an ontological word

20:00 Intellectual Pleasure & deformed appetites

24:56 Delight of the sensitive appetites vs. intellectual delight

27:14 Pleasure affects operation in two ways

38:31 Rational delight is motivation

42:14 Returning to the four ends of manual labor

50:00 Agriculture is particularly suited to almsgiving

53:06 It is our duty to feed and educate our children well, and we must do it ourselves

1:01:21 The duties of each domain of society - the family, the village, the city, and the province.

Links for Episode 103:

• The Importance Of The Rural Life: According To The Philosophy Of St. Thomas Aquinas A Study In Economic Philosophy by George H. Speltz https://a.co/d/89QwdNX
• De Regno (On Kingship) by Thomas Aquinas https://a.co/d/avI7RAG

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