Outline of the Treatise on Cardinal Virtues
II. The parts of prudence (48-51) A. The parts of prudence in general (48) B. The integral parts of prudence (49) C. The subjective parts of prudence (50) D. The potential parts of prudence (51) III. The gift of counsel (52) IV. The corresponding vices (53-55) A. Imprudence (imprudentia) (53) B. Negligence (negligentia) (54) C. The related vices that bear a similarity to prudence (55) V. The precepts pertaining to prudence (56)
A. Right (ius) (57) B. Justice itself (58) C. Injustice (iniustitia) (59) D. Judgment (iudicium) (60)
A. The subjective parts of justice: commutative justice and distributive justice (61) 1. Commutative justice and its act, restitution (restitutio) (62) 2. The vice opposed to distributive justice: favoritism (acceptio personarum) (63) 3. Vices opposed to commutative justice (64-78) a. Vices opposed to commutative justice through deeds (64-66) i. Murder (homicidium) (64) ii. Other injuries commited against the person (65) iii. Theft (furtum) and robbery (rapina) (66) b. Vices opposed to commutative justice through words used in court (67-71) i.. Injustice on the part of a judge (67) ii. Unjust accusation (iniusta accusatio) (68) iii. Injustice on the part of a defendant (69) iv. Injustice on the part of a witness (70) v. Injustice on the part of a counsel (71) c. Vices opposed to commutative justice through words used outside of a court (72-76) i. Contumely (dishonoring another) (contumelia) (72) ii. Detraction (backbiting aimed at another) (detractio) (73) iii. Tale-bearing (malicious gossip) (susurratio) (74) iv. Derision (mocking another) (derisio) (75) v. Malediction (cursing another) (maledictio) (76) d. Vices opposed to commutative justice through buying and selling and making loans (77-78) i. Fraud (cheating) (fraudulentia) (77) ii. Usury (usuria) (78) B. The integral parts of justice: Declining to do evil and doing good (79) C. The potential parts of justice: religion (religio), piety (pietas), respectfulness (observantia), gratitude (gratitudo), vindication (vindicatio), truthfulness (veritas), friendliness (amicitia), liberality (liberalitas), equity (epieikeia) (80-120) 1. Religion: in itself, its interior and exterior acts, and the opposed vices (81-100) a. Religion in itself (81) b. The interior acts of religion (82-83) i. Devotion (devotio) (82) ii. Prayer (oratio) (83) c. The exterior acts of religion (84-91) i.Adoration (adoratio) (84) ii. Sacrifices (sacrificia) (85) iii. Oblations (oblationes) and first-fruits (primitia) (86) iv. Tithes (decimae) (87) v. Vows (promises to God) (vota) (88) vi. Oaths (invoking God as a witness to confirm the truth of a declaration or promise) (iuramenta) (89) vii. Taking God's name by way of adjuring another (adiuratio) (90) viii. Taking God's name by way praising Him (91) d. The vices opposed to religion (92-100) i. Superstition (superstitio) (92) ii. Superstition that involves worshipping the true God (93) iii. Idolatry (idolatria) (94) iv. Divination (Fortune-telling) (divinatio) (95) v. Superstitious observances (96) vi. Tempting God (tentatio Dei) (97) vii. Perjury (periurium) (98) viii. Sacrilege (sacrilegium) (99) ix. Simony (simonia) (100)
3. Respectfulness (reverence for those in positions of dignity) (102-105) a. The parts of respectfulness and an opposed vice (103-105) i. Respect for those in a higher position (dulia) (103) ii. Obedience (obedientia) and the opposed vice, disobedience (104-105)
5. Vindication (108) 6. Truth (truthfulness) and the opposed vices (109-113) a. Truthfulness (109) b. Lying (mendacium) (110) c. Dissimulation (simulatio) and hypocrisy (hypocrisis) (111) d. Boasting (iactantia) (112) e. Belittling onself (ironia) (113)
a. Affability (affabilitas) (114) b. Flattery (adulatio) (115) c. Quarreling (litigium) (116)
a. Liberality (117) b. Avarice (covetousness) (avaritia) (118) c. Prodigality (prodigalitas) (119)
III. The gift of piety (121) IV. The precepts pertaining to justice (122)
A. Fortitude (123) B. The highest act of fortitude: martyrdom (martyrium) (124) C. Fear (timor) (125) D. Fearlessness (intimiditas) (126) E. Daring (audacia) (127)
A. Magnanimity (magnanimitas) and its opposed vices (129-133) 1. Magnanimity (129) 2. Presumption (presumptio) (130) 3. Ambition (ambitio) (131) 4. Vainglory (inanis gloria) (132) 5. Pusillanimousness (pusillanimitas) (133)
1. Magnificence (134) 2. Vices opposed to magnificence (135)
D. Perseverance (perseverantia) and its opposed vices (137-138) 1. Perseverance (137) 2. Vices opposed to perseverance (138)
IV. The precepts pertaining to fortitude (140)
II. The parts of temperance (143-169) A. The integral parts of temperance: shame (verecundia) and moral decorousness(honestas) (144-145) 1. Shame (inclination to be ashamed at what is shameful) (144) 2. Moral decorousness (inclination to do what is honorable for its own sake) (145)
1. The subjective parts of temperance having to do with the pleasures of food and drink: abstinence (abstinentia) and sobriety (sobrietas) (146-150) a. Abstinence (146-148) i. Abstinence in itself (146) ii. The act of abstinence: fasting (ieiunium) (147) iii. The vice opposed to abstinence: gluttony (gula) (148) b. Sobriety (149-150) i. Sobriety in itself (149) ii. The vice opposed to sobriety: drunkenness (ebrietas) (150)
a. Chastity (151) b. Virginity (152) c. The vices opposed to chastity: lust (luxuria) and the species of lust (153-154)
1. Continence and the vice opposed to it (155-156) a. Continence in itself (155) b. The vice opposed to continence: incontinence (156)
a. Kindness and meekness in themselves (157) b. The vice opposed to meekness: anger (iracundia) (158) c. The vice opposed to kindness: cruelty (crudelitas) (159)
a. Modesty (160) b. The subjective parts of modesty and their opposed vices (161-169) i. Humility (humilitas) and the opposed vice (161-165) a. Humility in itself (161) b. Pride (superbia) (162) c. Appendix: the sin of the first parents (163-165) ii. Studiousness (studiositas) and its opposed vice, curiosity (curiositas) (166-167) iii. Modesty as affecting words and deeds (168) iv. Modesty as affecting outward appearance (169)
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