Thomas Aquinas Study Circle

"It is because the contemporary alternatives seem so one-sided and are not more evidently solutions to the problems which Thomas faced, and partly solved, that we return to him and to the tradition of theology and philosophy in which his Summa Theologiae appears: theology as the science of the first principle and this as the total knowledge of reality in its unity." -- Wayne J. Hankey, God in Himself (Oxford University Press, 1987), p.159.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

1a 2ae q56 a1: Whether the subject of virtue is a power of the soul? Yes.

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Virtus est in potentia animae quia perfectio est in eo cuius est perfectio. Virtue is in a power of the soul because perfection is in that...
Monday, December 13, 2010

1a 2ae q56: The subject of virtue

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Is the subject of virtue a power of the soul? Can one virtue be in several powers? Can the intellect be the subject of virtue? Can th...
Sunday, December 12, 2010

1a 2ae q55 a4: Whether virtue is suitably defined? Yes.

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" Virtus est bona qualitas mentis, qua recte vivitur, qua nullus male utitur, quam Deus in nobis sine nobis operatur , " quia cont...
Saturday, December 11, 2010

1a 2ae q55 a3: Whether human virtue is a good habit? Yes.

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Virtus humana, quae est habitus operativus, est bonus habitus, et boni operativus , quia virtus importat perfectionem potentiae , unde virtu...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

1a 2ae q55 a2: Whether human virtue is an operative habit? Yes.

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De ratione virtutis humanae est quod sit habitus operativus quia virtus humana, de qua loquimur, non potest pertinere ad corpus; sed pertin...
Saturday, November 13, 2010

1a 2ae q55 a1: Whether human virtue is a habit? Yes.

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Virtutes humanae habitus sunt quia potentia dicitur esse perfecta, secundum quod determinatur ad suum actum . Human virtues are habits bec...
Friday, November 12, 2010

1a 2ae q55: The virtues, as to their essence

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Is human virtue a habit? Is it an operative habit? Is it a good habit? The definition of virtue
Tuesday, November 09, 2010

1a 2ae q54 a4: Whether one habit is made up of many habits? No.

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Si consideremus habitum secundum ea ad quae se extendit, sic inveniemus in eo quandam multiplicitatem, sed quia illa multiplicitas est ordin...
Thursday, November 04, 2010

1a 2ae q54 a3: Whether habits are divided into good and bad? Yes.

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Distinguuntur specie habitus bonus et malus , quia habitus bonus dicitur qui disponit ad actum convenientem naturae agentis; habitus aute...
Wednesday, November 03, 2010

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

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Habitus distinguuntur secundum diversa obiecta quia habitus importat ordinem ad aliquid; omnia autem quae dicuntur secundum ordinem ad aliq...
Monday, November 01, 2010

1a 2ae q54 a1: Whether many habits can be in one power? Yes.

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Contingit unius potentiae esse habitus plures quia subiectum habitus est potentia passiva, ut supra dictum est; potentia enim activa tantum...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

1a 2ae q54: The distinction of habits

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Can many habits be in one power? Are habits distinguished by their objects? Are habits divided into good and bad? May one habit be ma...
Monday, October 11, 2010

1a 2ae q53 a3: Whether a habit is corrupted or diminished through mere cessation from act? Yes.

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Hoc modo cessatio ab actu causat corruptionem vel diminutionem habituum, inquantum scilicet removetur actus qui prohibebat causas corrumpent...
Sunday, October 10, 2010

1a 2ae q53 a2: Whether a habit can diminish? Yes.

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Habitus diminuuntur, sicut et augentur , quia sicut ex eadem causa augentur ex qua generantur, ita ex eadem causa diminuuntur ex qua corrump...
Wednesday, October 06, 2010

1a 2ae q53 a1: Whether a habit can be corrupted? Yes.

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Per iudicium rationis in contrarium moventis quocumque modo , scilicet sive ex ignorantia, sive ex passione, vel etiam ex electione, corrum...

1a 2ae q53: How habits are corrupted or diminished

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Can a habit be corrupted? Can it be diminished? How are habits corrupted or diminished?
Tuesday, October 05, 2010

1a 2ae q52 a3: Whether every act increases its habit? No.

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Non omnis actus habitum auget quia vero usus habituum in voluntate hominis consistit, ut ex supradictis patet: sicut contingit quod aliquis...
Monday, October 04, 2010

1a 2ae q52 a2: Whether habits increase by addition? No.

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Augmentum habituum non fiat per additionem quia augmentum habituum et aliarum formarum, non fit per additionem formae ad formam, sed fit pe...
Monday, September 27, 2010

1a 2ae q52 a1: Whether habits increase? Yes.

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Dupliciter potest intensio et remissio in habitibus et dispositionibus considerari quia habitus et dispositiones dicantur secundum ordinem ...

1a 2ae q52: The increase of habits

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Do habits increase? Do they increase by addition? Does each act increase the habit?
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