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aquinas on the emotions a religious ethical inquiry
p all of us want to be happy and live well . sometimes intense emotions affect our happiness and in turn our moral lives . our emotions can have a significant impact on our perceptions of reality the choices we make and the ways in which we interact with others . can we as moral agents have an effect on our emotions do we have any choice when it comes to our emotions p in aquinas on the emotions diana fritz cates shows how emotions are composed as embodied mental states . she identifies various factors including religious beliefs intuitions images and questions that can affect the formation and the course of a persons emotions . she attends to the appetitive as well as the cognitive dimension of emotion both of which aquinas interprets with flexibility . the result is a powerful study of aquinas that is also a resource for readers who want to understand and cultivate the emotional dimension of their lives .