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According to medieval anthropology, man can reach his perfection through both moral virtue and contemplative life. This conception is developed in medieval commentaries on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, in theological texts concerning the after-life and the beatific vision, and in texts concerning the secular-mendicant controversy.
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Costa, I. (2011). Contemplative Happiness and Civic Virtue. In: Lagerlund, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9729-4_132
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