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Reflecting on the Thomistic understanding of acedia: acedia for Aquinas is an affective reaction of sadness to the “evil” of a spiritual good which seem to be an evil to a man under the grips of acedia. Aquinas quite reasonably asks why. The answer: because he must reject temporal/carnal goods for spiritual goods. Those spiritual goods are far less concrete. I think a lot of men struggle here…

William of Ockham even more of an idiot than I previously understood.

Very thorough but challenging to hold all the theory together.

Pretty good book so far! I didn't know the 8 Wicked Thoughts/Deadly Sins came from the 8 enemies of Israel (Egypt, Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, Jebusites).

Also, the Israelite march out of Egypt (the land of sin) through the Red Sea (the waters of baptism) fighting enemies in the desert (vices in our life) to get to the Promised Land (Heaven) is symbolic for our spiritual life!