A review by ayla_derammelaere
Thomas van Aquino, Wat maakt gelukkig? by Thomas van Aquino

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.0



When I started this book, I saw it was based (among others) on the Ethica Nicomachea by Aristotle so I read that book first and afterwards, returned to this one. 

For me Thomas' book isn't as developed as Aristotle's is ; a lot of what Thomas is writing, is a rephrasing of Aristotle's words with the big exception that Aristotle isn't defining happiness as (seeing) God. 

Thomas is looking for the answer on the question of happiness and divides every chapter in a group of questions that follow each other. He wants to know how we define happiness, what and/or we need in our lives to become happy and how our life should look like when we finally are happy. 
In the end, for Thomas, the answer is simple : when we behold God and are one with him, we are happy. This is what we aspire to reach during our life and this is the only way how we can become happy.