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Although the witings of Brother Thomas tend to be as ponderous as the thoughts they contain, occasionally Thomas does let a little ironic levity show through.

851. ...Amusement does have an aspect of good inasmuch as it is useful for human living. As man sometimes needs to give his body rest from labors, so also he sometimes needs to rest his soul from mental strain that ensues from his application to serious affairs. This is done by amusement.

Thomas Aquinas,
Commentary on the Ethics of Aristotle,
Book IV, Lecture 16, C. I. Litzinger, tr.
(ND: Dumb Ox Press, 1993)
Image from the Dominican's Aquinas Symposium.

• Humor in the actual writings of Aquinas:
  • Commentaries on Aristotle
  • The infamous Quodlibital Question 12.20
• Humor on Thomistic Themes
  • The Five Ways of Proving the Existence of Santa Claus
  • Summa Theologiae I.3.9 - Is God made of soap?
  • The Details of Aquinas' Life
  • The song "Thomas Aquinas" sung to the tune of "Copacabbana" (Coming Soon)

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