Chapter 149 — Man’s ultimate goal

Man’s consummation consists in the attainment of his last end, which is perfect beatitude or happiness, and this consists in the vision of God, as was shown above. The divine vision results in unchangeability in the intellect and in the will. In the intellect, because its inquiry ceases when it comes to the first cause, in which all truth can be known. And the will’s moveability ceases because when one has attained the last end, in which is found the fullness of all goodness, nothing remains to be desired. But the reason the will changes is because it desires what it does not yet have. Clearly, therefore, the final consummation of man consists in perfect repose or unchangeableness, both as regards the intellect and as regards the will.

Death and resurrection