Wednesday, November 03, 2010

1a 2ae q54 a2: Whether habits are distinguished by their objects? Yes.

Habitus distinguuntur secundum diversa obiecta quia habitus importat ordinem ad aliquid; omnia autem quae dicuntur secundum ordinem ad aliquid, distinguuntur secundum distinctionem eorum ad quae dicuntur.

Habits also are distinguished according to the diversity of objects because habits imply order to something; and all things that imply order to something, are distinguished according to the distinction of the things to which they are ordained.

In distinctione potentiarum, vel etiam habituum, non est considerandum ipsum obiectum materialiter, sed ratio obiecti differens specie, vel etiam genere.

In distinguishing powers, or also habits, we must consider the object not in its material but in its formal aspect, which may differ in species or even in genus.