October 3, 2018
As part of the capital crimes, Acedia was identified as both sloth and grief. St. Thomas Aquinas, for example, defined him as both “abhorrence towards activity” and “sadness for spiritual good.” Today’s guest, RJ Snell, argues that Acedia is the major mental illness of our time and is at the root of the falsehood, nihilism and despair that is so prevalent in the modern West.
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RJ Snell, Acedia and its dissatisfaction: Metaphysical boredom in the empire of desire https://amzn.to/2xttbhq
Thomas’ 2015 Snell review, Acedia and its dissatisfaction https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otc.cfm?id=1307
Thomas’s 2015 Knoll review, The Devil of Noon
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otc.cfm?id=1283
Upcoming books: RJ Snell and Robert P. George, Heart, Heart, Soul: Intellectuals and the Road to Rome https://amzn.to/2zo9uhk
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