Question 3 — What is Happiness

We have now to consider (1) what happiness is, and (2) what things are required for it.

Concerning the first there are eight points of inquiry:

(1) Whether happiness is something uncreated?

• (2) If it be something created, whether it is an operation?
• (3) Whether it is an operation of the sensitive, or only of the intellectual part?
• (4) If it be an operation of the intellectual part, whether it is an operation of the intellect, or of the will?
• (5) If it be an operation of the intellect, whether it is an operation of the speculative or of the practical intellect?
• (6) If it be an operation of the speculative intellect, whether it consists in the consideration of speculative sciences?
• (7) Whether it consists in the consideration of separate substances, viz., angels?
• (8) Whether it consists in the sole contemplation of God seen in His Essence?