The object of which sense is the virtue of temperance (or moderation) most concerned?

Understand the Problem

The question is asking which of the five senses is most related to temperance (or moderation). Thus we need to consider the common usage of the word temperance and determine which sense is most closely related.

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The virtue of temperance is most concerned with the sense of touch, particularly in relation to physical pleasures.

Tips

Some people might confuse temperance with only food and drink, but it applies more broadly.

Sources

• Now moderation, which is requisite in every virtue, deserves praise principally in pleasures of touch, with which temperance is concerned, both because these pleasures are most natural to us, so that it is more difficult to abstain from them, and to control the desire for them, and because their objects are more ... - newadvent.org