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cover next page > title: Treatise On the Virtues author: Thomas. publisher: isbn10 | asin: 0268018553 print isbn13: 9780268018559 ebook isbn13: 9780585312675 language: subject publication date: lcc: ddc: subject: cover next page > < previous page page_iii next page > Page iii Treatise on the Virtues St. Thomas Aquinas Translated by John A. Oesterle < previous page page_iii next page > < previous page page_iv next page > Page iv Disclaimer: Some images in the original version of the book are not available for inclusion in the netLibrary eBook. 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.) Manufactured in the United States of America < previous page page_iv next page > < previous page page_v next page > Page v To Frederick, Edythe, and Helen < previous page page_v next page > < previous page page_vii next page > Page vii Table of Contents Introduction Question XLIX Habits in General, with Respect to What They Are 1 1 First Article: Is Habit a Quality? 3 Second Article: Is Habit a Distinct Species of Quality? 7 Third Article: Does Habit Imply Ordering toward Act? 8 Fourth Article: Are Habits Necessary? Question L The Subject of Habits 11 11 First Article: Is There Any Habit in the Body? 13 Second Article: Is the Subject of Habit in the Essence of the Soul or in Its Powers? 15 Third Article: Can There Be Any Habit in the Sense Powers? 16 Fourth Article: Is There Any Habit in the Intellect? 18 Fifth Article: Is There Any Habit in the Will? 20 Sixth Article: Are There Habits in the Angels? Question LI The Cause of the Formation of Habits 23 23 First Article: Is Any Habit from Nature? 25 Second Article: Is a Habit Caused by Acts? 26 Third Article: Can a Habit Be Produced by One Act? 28 Fourth Article: Are Any Habits Infused in Man by God? < previous page page_vii next page > < previous page page_viii next page > Page viii Question LII The Increase of Habits 30 30 First Article: Can Habits Increase? 33 Second Article: Does a Habit Increase through Addition? 35 Third Article: Does Every Act Increase a Habit? Question LIII The Corruption and Diminishing of Habits 37 37 First Article: Can Habits Be Corrupted? 39 Second Article: Can a Habit Be Diminished? 41 Third Article: Is a Habit Corrupted or Diminished by Mere Cessation of Act? Question LIV The Distinction of Habits 43 43 First Article: Can Many Habits Be in One Power? 45 Second Article: Are Habits Distinguished by Their Objects? 46 Third Article: Are Habits Distinguished in Terms of Good and Evil? 48 Fourth Article: Is One Habit Formed Out of Many Habits? Question LV The Essence of Virtue 50 50 First Article: Is Human Virtue a Habit? 52 Second Article: Is Human Virtue an Operative Habit? 53 Third Article: Is Human Virtue a Good Habit? 54 Fourth Article: Is Virtue Appropriately Defined? < previous page page_viii next page > < previous page page_ix next page > Page ix Question LVI The Subject of Virtue 57 57 First Article: Is a Power of the Soul the Subject of Virtue? 58 Second Article: Can One Virtue Be in Many Powers? 59 Third Article: Can the Intellect Be the Subject of Virtue? 61 Fourth Article: Are the Irascible and Concupiscible Powers Subjects of Virtue? 63 Fifth Article: Are Sense Powers of Knowing the Subject of Virtue? 64 Sixth Article: Can the Will Be the Subject of Virtue? Question LVII The Distinction of the Intellectual Virtues 67 67 First Article: Are Speculative Intellectual Habits Virtues? 69 Second Article: Are There Only Three Speculative Intellectual Habits, Wisdom, Science and Understanding? 71 Third Article: Is the Intellectual Habit of Art a Virtue? 73 Fourth Article: Is Prudence a Virtue Distinct from Art? 74 Fifth Article: Is Prudence a Virtue That Is Necessary for Man? 77 Sixth Article: Are Good Deliberation, Sagacity and Equitable Judgment Virtues Annexed to Prudence? Question LVIII The Distinction between Moral and Intellectual Virtues 80 80 First Article: Is Every Virtue a Moral Virtue? 81 Second Article: Does Moral Virtue Differ from Intellectual Virtue? 83 Third Article: Is the Division of Virtue into Moral and Intellectual Adequate? < previous page page_ix next page >

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In his Treatise on the Virtues, Aquinas discusses the character and function of habit; the essence, subject, cause, and meaning of virtue; and the separate intellectual, moral, cardinal, and theological virtues. His work constitutes one of the most thorough and incisive accounts of virtue in the his
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