Vices
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The Four Temperaments
The pattern of inclinations and reactions that proceed from the physiological constitution of the individual. Something permanent that admits of only secondary modification. (OUR WIRING.) Sanguine Temperament Reacts quickly and strongly to almost any stimulation or impression Reaction is usually of short duration Remembrance of past experiences does not easily arouse a new response. Usually Continue reading
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Vainglory
The desire for glory when glory is due to God alone, hence vain (empty) glory. St. Thomas’ three ways glory can be vain the things for which one seeks glory are vain or petty – WRONG THINGS the persons from whom one seeks glory are uncertain or lacking in judgment – WRONG PEOPLE the end Continue reading
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Melancholy/Sloth
Sloth seeks undue rest in so far as it spurns the Divine good Sloth is not an aversion of the mind from any spiritual good, but from the Divine good, to which the mind is obliged to adhere. He is sorry to have to do something for God’s sake. Evil in itself (sadness in reaction Continue reading
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Anger/Wrath
Unreasoned anger, willing injury or damage to the object of one’s anger, unreasoned either due to the object of the anger or the mode of the anger. Scriptural/Doctoral “Let all indignation and anger be put away from you.” Ephesians 4:31 St. Gregory: “zealous anger troubles the eye of reason, whereas sinful anger blinds it.” Daughters Continue reading
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Envy
Sorrow for another person’s good. (Looking at things the wrong way.) A spirit of competitiveness rather than brotherly love. The object of both charity and envy is our neighbor’s good, but by contrary movements, since charity rejoices in our neighbor’s good, while envy grieves over it. Scriptural/Doctoral “self-inflicted pain wounds the pining spirit, which is Continue reading
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Avarice/Covetousness
Inordinate love of possessing external goods that are useful for an end but are not ends in and of themselves. “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s goods.” (Ex 20:17) It is excessive love of possessing riches. Remembering that the goodness of things relates to a due (just) measure, evil results from either an excess or Continue reading
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Lust
Inordinate desire, especially venereal pleasures. The order of reason consists in its ordering everything to its end in a fitting manner. When the lower powers are strongly moved towards their objects, the result is that the higher powers (reason and will) are hindered and disordered in their acts. Scriptural/Doctoral it is listed among the “works Continue reading
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Gluttony
Inordinate desire for physical pleasures. Can be deadly (to our immortal souls) when a person lets his concupiscible appetite run amok to the point that the pleasures of gluttony become his end and he will disobey God to obtain those pleasures. Can be something other than simply too much: “Hastily, sumptuously, too much, greedily, daintily.” Continue reading
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Vices and Virtues
I will add the text, but for now I will just add the slides. We talked about what a virtue is and how we categorize some as natural virtues because we can make sense of them by our own human powers. We categorize some as theological virtues because they operate above our natural reasoning abilities Continue reading
Bound in Love 