Would St. Thomas Aquinas Play Minecraft?

Catholic Exchange reports that play can be a virtuous and meritorious activity according to Catholic theology. The article notes that the virtue of playfulness, known as eutrapelia, allows for activities done solely for pleasure without being immoral.

Drawing on the Summa Theologiae, the report explains that Saint Thomas Aquinas viewed play as a necessary remedy for the weariness of the soul. Aquinas argued that because human power is finite, the soul requires rest through pleasure to recover from the tension of intellectual work. He compared this mental rest to the bodily rest required to refresh the physical self.