Day 54 · Q1: Self-Knowledge · February 23, 2026
Pause. Breathe. Begin.
I . L E C T I O
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica, I-II, Q. 94
“Good is to be done and pursued, and evil is to be avoided.”
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C O N T E X T
Aquinas's first principle of natural law seems obvious, yet its implications are vast. If we naturally know the good, our moral failures are not failures of knowledge but of will.
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I I . M E D I T A T I O
“What good are you failing to pursue — not because you don't know it, but because it's inconvenient?”
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I I I . S C R I P T I O
Write one sentence about a clear good you know you should pursue but haven't.
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I V . C O N N E X I O
How does today's reading connect to what you have read before?
This practice exists because of readers like you.
Sustain it →Tomorrow's passage, delivered at dawn.