Thomas Aquinas

ious and so therefore "...what is done in play serves no ultimate aim" (23). So the little random things we do everyday, such as clipping our nose hairs or just picking our nose have nothing to do with this ultimate end that we all have in life. I rather like the quote that A offers at the end of this line of reasoning: "...in walking somewhere, one does not have to be reminding oneself of one's destination at every step" (25). The small things in life that occupy us all daily do not have to be aimed at any particular end other than our own enjoyment or necessity.
             Finally, A wonders if rational creatures as well as animals share the same ultimate end, though the rational beings stand above the animals. At first he thinks yes, affirmative, because "...ends match beginnings. Men begin from God and so do all other things" (27). If then all things are created by God and find their beginnings within God, then they will all return to the same end whence they came. However, A also points out that "...man&ap
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