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Moral and Political Philosophy Aesthetics Christology Ecclesiology Epistemology Human Person Logic Metaphysics Moral Theology Philosophy of Nature

Beatitude
(also called Happiness, Felicity, and Flourishing).— 1. The state of perfection of an intelligent being. 2. A state of activity in which the natural desires of an intelligent being are satisfied. 3. C...
Beauty
1. According to a definition by its effect, beauty is that which pleases one upon perceiving it. 2. According to a descriptive definition of the thing itself, beauty is that in which integrity, harmon...
Being
(in Latin ens).— 1. That which is (in Latin id quod est); the subject whose proper act is existence. 2. A synonym for existence, although when understood in this “existential” sense, it denotes an act...
Body
A material substance; that which is extended in space; a composite of primary matter and substantial form. E.g., a human being, a horse, or a tree.

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