Treatise On the Virtues

192 Pages·1984·2.82 MB·English

by  Thomas Aquinas

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Treatise on the Virtues
St. Thomas Aquinas
Translated by
John A. Oesterle

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University of Notre Dame Press edition 1984
Copyright © 1966 by Prentice-Hall, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225? 1274.
Treatise on the virtues.
Reprint. Originally published: Englewood Cliffs,
N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1966
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Virtues. 2. Virtue. 3. Habit. I. Oesterle,
John A. II. Title.
BV4630.T473 1984 241'.4 84-10691
ISBN 0-268-01855-3 (pbk.)
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To Frederick, Edythe, and Helen

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Table of Contents
Introduction
Question XLIX
Habits in General, with Respect to What They Are 1
1
First Article: Is Habit a Quality?
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Second Article: Is Habit a Distinct Species of Quality?
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Third Article: Does Habit Imply Ordering toward Act?
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Fourth Article: Are Habits Necessary?
Question L
The Subject of Habits 11
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First Article: Is There Any Habit in the Body?
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Second Article: Is the Subject of Habit in the Essence of the Soul or in Its
Powers?
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Third Article: Can There Be Any Habit in the Sense Powers?
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Fourth Article: Is There Any Habit in the Intellect?
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Fifth Article: Is There Any Habit in the Will?
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Sixth Article: Are There Habits in the Angels?
Question LI
The Cause of the Formation of Habits 23
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First Article: Is Any Habit from Nature?
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Second Article: Is a Habit Caused by Acts?
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Third Article: Can a Habit Be Produced by One Act?
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Fourth Article: Are Any Habits Infused in Man by God?

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Question LII
The Increase of Habits 30
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First Article: Can Habits Increase?
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Second Article: Does a Habit Increase through Addition?
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Third Article: Does Every Act Increase a Habit?
Question LIII
The Corruption and Diminishing of Habits 37
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First Article: Can Habits Be Corrupted?
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Second Article: Can a Habit Be Diminished?
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Third Article: Is a Habit Corrupted or Diminished by Mere Cessation of Act?
Question LIV
The Distinction of Habits 43
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First Article: Can Many Habits Be in One Power?
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Second Article: Are Habits Distinguished by Their Objects?
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Third Article: Are Habits Distinguished in Terms of Good and Evil?
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Fourth Article: Is One Habit Formed Out of Many Habits?
Question LV
The Essence of Virtue 50
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First Article: Is Human Virtue a Habit?
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Second Article: Is Human Virtue an Operative Habit?
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Third Article: Is Human Virtue a Good Habit?
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Fourth Article: Is Virtue Appropriately Defined?

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Question LVI
The Subject of Virtue 57
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First Article: Is a Power of the Soul the Subject of Virtue?
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Second Article: Can One Virtue Be in Many Powers?
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Third Article: Can the Intellect Be the Subject of Virtue?
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Fourth Article: Are the Irascible and Concupiscible Powers Subjects of Virtue?
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Fifth Article: Are Sense Powers of Knowing the Subject of Virtue?
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Sixth Article: Can the Will Be the Subject of Virtue?
Question LVII
The Distinction of the Intellectual Virtues 67
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First Article: Are Speculative Intellectual Habits Virtues?
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Second Article: Are There Only Three Speculative Intellectual Habits, Wisdom,
Science and Understanding?
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Third Article: Is the Intellectual Habit of Art a Virtue?
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Fourth Article: Is Prudence a Virtue Distinct from Art?
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Fifth Article: Is Prudence a Virtue That Is Necessary for Man?
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Sixth Article: Are Good Deliberation, Sagacity and Equitable Judgment Virtues
Annexed to Prudence?
Question LVIII
The Distinction between Moral and Intellectual Virtues 80
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First Article: Is Every Virtue a Moral Virtue?
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Second Article: Does Moral Virtue Differ from Intellectual Virtue?
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Third Article: Is the Division of Virtue into Moral and Intellectual Adequate?

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