- Summa Theologica - 11 Pars Secunda Secundae, Treatise on the Cardinal Virtues: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, Temperance
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Saint Thomas Aquinas
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The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274) although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners and a compilation of all of the main theological teachings of that time. It summarizes the reasoning for almost all points of Christian theology in the West, which, before the Protestant Reformation, subsisted solely in the Roman Catholic Church. The Summa's topics follow a cycle: the existence of God, God's creation, Man, Man's purpose, Christ, the Sacraments, and back to God.
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- Chapters
- Question 47 - OF PRUDENCE, CONSIDERED IN ITSELF (In Sixteen Articles), part 1
- Question 47 - OF PRUDENCE, CONSIDERED IN ITSELF (In Sixteen Articles), part 2
- Question 47 - OF PRUDENCE, CONSIDERED IN ITSELF (In Sixteen Articles), part 3
- Question 48 - OF THE PARTS OF PRUDENCE (In One Article)
- Question 49 - OF EACH QUASI-INTEGRAL PART OF PRUDENCE (In Eight Articles)
- Question 50 - OF THE SUBJECTIVE PARTS OF PRUDENCE (In Four Articles)
- Question 51 - OF THE VIRTUES WHICH ARE CONNECTED WITH PRUDENCE (In Four Articles)
- Question 52 - OF THE GIFT OF COUNSEL (In Four Articles)
- Question 53 - OF IMPRUDENCE (In Six Articles)
- Question 54 - OF NEGLIGENCE (In Three Articles)
- Question 55 - OF VICES OPPOSED TO PRUDENCE BY WAY OF RESEMBLANCE (In Eight Articles)
- Question 56 - OF THE PRECEPTS RELATING TO PRUDENCE (In Two Articles)
- Question 57 - OF RIGHT (In Four Articles)
- Question 58 - OF JUSTICE (In Twelve Articles), part 1
- Question 58 - OF JUSTICE (In Twelve Articles), part 2
- Question 59 - OF INJUSTICE (In Four Articles)
- Question 60 - OF JUDGMENT (In Six Articles)
- Question 61 - OF THE PARTS OF JUSTICE (In Four Articles)
- Question 62 - OF RESTITUTION (In Eight Articles)
- Question 63 - OF RESPECT OF PERSONS (In Four Articles)
- Question 64 - OF MURDER (In Eight Articles)
- Question 65 - OF OTHER INJURIES COMMITTED ON THE PERSON (In Four Articles)
- Question 66 - OF THEFT AND ROBBERY (In Nine Articles)
- Question 67 - OF THE INJUSTICE OF A JUDGE, IN JUDGING (In Four Articles)
- Question 68 - OF MATTERS CONCERNING UNJUST ACCUSATION (In Four Articles)
- Question 69 - OF SINS COMMITTED AGAINST JUSTICE ON THE PART OF THE DEFENDANT (In Four Articles)
- Question 70 - OF INJUSTICE WITH REGARD TO THE PERSON OF THE WITNESS (In Four Articles)
- Question 71 - OF INJUSTICE IN JUDGMENT ON THE PART OF COUNSEL (In Four Articles)
- Question 72 - OF REVILING (In Four Articles)
- Question 73 - OF BACKBITING, OR OF DETRACTION (In Four Articles)
- Question 74 - OF TALE-BEARING (In Two Articles)
- Question 75 - OF DERISION, OR OF MOCKERY (In Two Articles)
- Question 76 - OF CURSING (In Four Articles)
- Question 77 - OF CHEATING, WHICH IS COMMITTED IN BUYING AND SELLING (In Four Articles)
- Question 78 - OF THE SIN OF USURY (In Four Articles)
- Question 79 - OF THE QUASI-INTEGRAL PARTS OF JUSTICE (In Four Articles)
- Question 80 - OF THE POTENTIAL PARTS OF JUSTICE (In One Article)
- Question 81 - OF RELIGION (In Eight Articles)
- Question 82 - OF DEVOTION (In Four Articles)
- Question 83 - OF PRAYER (In Seventeen Articles), part 1
- Question 83 - OF PRAYER (In Seventeen Articles), part 2
- Question 83 - OF PRAYER (In Seventeen Articles), part 3
- Question 84 - OF ADORATION (In Three Articles)
- Question 85 - OF SACRIFICE (In Four Articles)
- Question 86 - OF OBLATIONS AND FIRST-FRUITS (In Four Articles)
- Question 87 - OF TITHES (In Four Articles)
- Question 88 - OF VOWS (In Twelve Articles), part 1
- Question 88 - OF VOWS (In Twelve Articles), part 2
- Question 89 - OF OATHS (In Ten Articles), part 1
- Question 89 - OF OATHS (In Ten Articles), part 2
- Question 90 - OF THE TAKING OF GOD'S NAME BY WAY OF ADJURATION (In Three Articles)
- Question 91 - OF TAKING THE DIVINE NAME FOR THE PURPOSE OF INVOKING IT BY MEANS OF PRAISE (In Two Articles)
- Question 92 - OF SUPERSTITION (In Two Articles)
- Question 93 - OF SUPERSTITION CONSISTING IN UNDUE WORSHIP OF THE TRUE GOD (In Two Articles)
- Question 94 - OF IDOLATRY (In Four Articles)
- Question 95 - OF SUPERSTITION IN DIVINATIONS (In Eight Articles)
- Question 96 - OF SUPERSTITION IN OBSERVANCES (In Four Articles)
- Question 97 - OF THE TEMPTATION OF GOD (In Four Articles)
- Question 98 - OF PERJURY (In Four Articles)
- Question 99 - OF SACRILEGE (In Four Articles)
- Question 100 - ON SIMONY (In Six Articles)
- Question 101 - OF PIETY (In Four Articles)
- Question 102 - OF OBSERVANCE, CONSIDERED IN ITSELF, AND OF ITS PARTS (In Three Articles)
- Question 103 - OF DULIA (In Four Articles)
- Question 104 - OF OBEDIENCE (In Six Articles)
- Question 105 - OF DISOBEDIENCE (In Two Articles)
- Question 106 - OF THANKFULNESS OR GRATITUDE (In Six Articles)
- Question 107 - OF INGRATITUDE (In Four Articles)
- Question 108 - OF VENGEANCE (In Four Articles)
- Question 109 - OF TRUTH (In Four Articles)
- Question 110 - OF THE VICES OPPOSED TO TRUTH, AND FIRST OF LYING (In Four Articles)
- Question 111 - OF DISSIMULATION AND HYPOCRISY (In Four Articles)
- Question 112 - OF BOASTING (In Two Articles)
- Question 113 - OF IRONY (In Two Articles)
- Question 114 - OF THE FRIENDLINESS WHICH IS CALLED AFFABILITY (In Two Articles)
- Question 115 - OF FLATTERY (In Two Articles)
- Question 116 - OF QUARRELING (In Two Articles)
- Question 117 - OF LIBERALITY (In Six Articles)
- Question 118 - OF THE VICES OPPOSED TO LIBERALITY, AND IN THE FIRST PLACE, OF COVETOUSNESS (In Eight Articles)
- Question 119 - OF PRODIGALITY (In Three Articles)
- Question 120 - OF 'EPIKEIA' OR EQUITY (In Two Articles)
- Question 121 - OF THE GIFT OF PIETY (In Two Articles)
- Question 122 - OF THE PRECEPTS OF JUSTICE (In Six Articles)
- Question 123 - OF FORTITUDE (In Twelve Articles), part 1
- Question 123 - OF FORTITUDE (In Twelve Articles), part 2
- Question 124 - OF MARTYRDOM (In Five Articles)
- Question 125 - OF FEAR, OR TIMIDITY (In Four Articles)
- Question 126 - OF FEARLESSNESS (In Two Articles)
- Question 127 - OF DARING, OR FOOLHARDINESS (In Two Articles)
- Question 128 - OF THE PARTS OF FORTITUDE (In One Article)
- Question 129 - OF MAGNANIMITY (In Eight Articles)
- Question 130 - OF PRESUMPTION (In Two Articles)
- Question 131 - OF AMBITION (In Two Articles)
- Question 132 - OF VAINGLORY (In Five Articles)
- Question 133 - OF PUSILLANIMITY (In Two Articles)
- Question 134 - OF MAGNIFICENCE (In Four Articles)
- Question 135 - OF MEANNESS (In Two Articles)
- Question 136 - OF PATIENCE (In Five Articles)
- Question 137 - OF PERSEVERANCE (In Four Articles)
- Question 138 - OF THE VICES OPPOSED TO PERSEVERANCE (In Two Articles)
- Question 139 - OF THE GIFT OF FORTITUDE (In Two Articles)
- Question 140 - OF THE PRECEPTS OF FORTITUDE (In Two Articles)
- Question 141 - OF TEMPERANCE (In Eight Articles)
- Question 142 - OF THE VICES OPPOSED TO TEMPERANCE (In Four Articles)
- Question 143 - OF THE PARTS OF TEMPERANCE, IN GENERAL (In One Article)
- Question 144 - OF SHAMEFACEDNESS (In Four Articles)
- Question 145 - OF HONESTY, OR OF MORAL GOODNESS (In Four Articles)
- Question 146 - OF ABSTINENCE (In Two Articles)
- Question 147 - OF FASTING (In Eight Articles)
- Question 148 - OF GLUTTONY (In Six Articles)
- Question 149 - OF SOBRIETY (In Four Articles)
- Question 150 - OF DRUNKENNESS (In Four Articles)
- Question 151 - OF CHASTITY (In Four Articles)
- Question 152 - OF VIRGINITY (In Five Articles)
- Question 153 - OF LUST (In Five Articles)
- Question 154 - OF THE PARTS OF LUST (In Twelve Articles), part 1
- Question 154 - OF THE PARTS OF LUST (In Twelve Articles), part 2
- Question 155 - OF CONTINENCE (In Four Articles)
- Question 156 - OF INCONTINENCE (In Four Articles)
- Question 157 - OF CLEMENCY AND MEEKNESS (In Four Articles)
- Question 158 - OF ANGER (In Eight Articles)
- Question 159 - OF CRUELTY (In Two Articles)
- Question 160 - OF MODESTY (In Two Articles)
- Question 161 - OF HUMILITY (In Six Articles)
- Question 162 - OF PRIDE (In Eight Articles)
- Question 163 - OF THE FIRST MAN'S SIN (In Four Articles)
- Question 164 - OF THE PUNISHMENTS OF THE FIRST MAN'S SIN (In Two Articles)
- Question 165 - OF OUR FIRST PARENTS' TEMPTATION (In Two Articles)
- Question 166 - OF STUDIOUSNESS (In Two Articles)
- Question 167 - OF CURIOSITY (In Two Articles)
- Question 168 - OF MODESTY AS CONSISTING IN THE OUTWARD MOVEMENTS OF THE BODY (In Four Articles)
- Question 169 - OF MODESTY IN THE OUTWARD APPAREL (In Two Articles)
- Question 170 - OF THE PRECEPTS OF TEMPERANCE (In Two Articles)
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