Subquestion — Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · from Schola Thomistica
Subquestion I: What is to be restored, considering the things that are our goods
The more excellent the goods taken away, the stricter the obligation of restitution that weighs upon one; provided those goods be of such a nature as to be capable of being restored. Among these goods, moreover, some are dearer to the possessor than others; for goods of fame usually outweigh goods of fortune in everyone's estimation, and indeed those are in themselves to be preferred. Goods of the Soul, too, as much as the soul itself surpasses the body, are deservedly considered better; from these goods, therefore, unjustly taken away, arises a varied obligation of restitution; for some there are which, when taken away, perish; others, however, remain, so that the same things can be restored. These I shall weigh one by one through the doubts.
Quid sit restituendum, spectatis rebus, quae sunt bona nostra.
Quo excellentiora bona auferuntur, eo strictior restituendi incumbit obligatio; modo ea bona talis sint naturae, ut restitui queant, Inter haec autem bona, alia aliis sunt chariora possidenti; Bona etenim famae plerumque apud omnes solent praeponderare bonis fortunae, et quidem in se illa praeferenda sunt. Bona etiam Animae, quantum et ipsa anima corpus superat, meliora merito putantur; ex his itaque bonis, inique ablatis, nascitur varia restituendi obligatio; quaedam enim sunt, quae dum auferuntur, intereunt: quaedam vero remanent, ita ut eadem possint restitui. Haec singillatim per dubitationes expendam.