Quaestiones de Virtutibus et Vitiis

Duo genera vitiorum sunt pecata mortalia et pecata venialia.

Actus humanus est actus voluntarius rationalis qui hominem respicit.

Synderesis est habitus naturalis qui nos monit ut faciamus bonum, conscientia est judicium quod nos facimus de nostris actibus.

<p>Ratio est facultas qua intelleximus et judicamus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Virtus est habitus bonus qui nos facit agere recte, vitium est habitus malus qui nos facit agere male.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Synderesis is the natural habit of knowing and judging the first principles of moral actions, and it always inclines towards good and repels from evil.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Aristotle defines virtue as a habit of choosing the mean between excess and deficiency, which is dependent on the circumstances and applies to both feelings and actions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Imagination is the faculty that forms mental images or phantasms, which are necessary for the formation of concepts and the process of abstraction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ratio refers to the intellectual power of discerning and understanding the truth, and it enables humans to grasp the essence of things and form judgments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Moral virtues are habits that perfect the appetitive part of the soul, whereas intellectual virtues are habits that perfect the intellectual part of the soul.</p> Signup and view all the answers