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Index of the Commentaries: Analytical (as printed)

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Preliminary notions. - The varied consideration of human acts in themselves, in order to their principle, in order to their end … Page 3

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  1. The intrinsic nature of the voluntary, nn. 2, 3. Its intrinsic elements: knowledge 4, 5; voluntariness 6, 7. Intellectual knowledge prerequired 8. The intrinsic principle altogether essential 9, 11. Distinction from the willed 10, from the natural, from the violent 11. Various acceptance 12 ff. The permitted 20. The involuntary 21, 22. The object of the will 23 ff. The motion of the will 27 ff. The act required for the voluntary 43 ff.
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  1. The notion and existence of the free, nn. 1, 2. Active power 2. Immunity from intrinsic necessity 3. Active indifference for acting 4. Doctrine of St. Thomas 5 ff. The foundation of liberty 11, 12. The previous practical judgment of eligibleness 13. The object necessarily moving the will 14.
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  1. Various division, n. 1 ff., 10. Love 5. Hatred 6-8. Desire, flight 8, 9. Delight, sadness 8, 9. Hope, despair 9, 17. Daring, fear 8. Anger 8. - Will or simple volition 11, 12. Intention 13 ff. Fruition 21 ff. Choice 28 ff. Counsel 33 ff. Consent 41 ff. Use 45 ff. Command 50 ff.
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  1. Perfect and imperfect voluntary, nn. 1-3. Simply, in a certain respect 4 ff. Complete, incomplete 7 ff. Direct, indirect 9 ff. In itself, in the cause 12 ff. Actual, habitual, virtual, interpretative 39 ff. Express, tacit, presumed concerning the present, concerning the future 46 f.
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  1. Antecedent, concomitant, consequent ignorance, n. 2 ff. Vincible, invincible 10 ff. Whether it is sin 8, 13, 14. Whether it is a cause of sin 15 ff. Whether it excuses from sin 17 ff. Whether it diminishes sin 20 ff. Species of sin from ignorance 26 ff. Actions from a contracted habit 30 f.
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  1. Explanation of concupiscence, n. 1 ff. Whether it causes the involuntary 8. Antecedent, consequent 9. The former diminishes the voluntary 10 ff. The latter presupposes a voluntary act, and renders the voluntary, and more voluntary in the cause, according as it is more intense 13 ff. Whether it diminishes merit and demerit 15 ff. Whether passion diminishes sin 17 ff. Whether it excuses totally from sin 20, 21. Whether motions of evil concupiscence are always sins 22 ff. Whether custom and habit increase the voluntary or the free 27. Whether grace increases the voluntary or the free 28, 29.
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  1. Explanation of fear, n. 1 ff. Division 5 ff. Whether it causes the involuntary 10 ff., 15. Whether it invalidates contracts 14. Whether importunate prayers constitute grave fear 16. Whether grave fear excuses from fault 17 ff. Whether it can render a marriage valid 20.
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  1. Explanation of violence, n. 1 ff. Whether violence can be inflicted on the will as regards elicited acts 6 ff. Whether as regards commanded acts 8 ff. Whether it causes the involuntary 11 ff.
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  1. Generic and specific consideration of human acts, n. 2. Various appellations 3 ff. The fundamental notion of morality 9 ff. The formal notion of the same 14 ff. Manifestation through reason 19 ff. The extension and comparison of the fundamental and formal rule 22 ff. To act on account of hope of remuneration or from fear of punishments 25. Positive law 26. Whether morality is found only in the interior act of the will, or also in the exterior act 27 ff. Whether moral good and evil are found in the passions of the soul 34.
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  1. Two moral species of human acts: good, evil, n. 1. Whether indifferent human acts are given 2. Whether for the moral goodness of human acts it is necessary to direct them to the glory of God 3. Good and evil; right and sinful; laudable and culpable; moral and honorable, useful, delightful 4 ff.
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  1. Explanation of the object, n. 2. From the object human acts derive their first and essential moral goodness or malice 3 ff. Good object and evil end 7. Evil object and good end 8.
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  1. What and how manyfold the end is, nn. 1, 2. Human acts derive moral goodness or malice from the end 3. From the end they also derive species 4 ff. Comparison of goodness from object and from end as regards acts interior and exterior, elicited and commanded 5 ff. Whether the intention of an extrinsic end can intrinsically change the nature of the exterior work 9. Twofold end: one good, another evil 10. To act on account of delight 11.
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  1. The notion of circumstance, n. 1. From circumstances also human acts derive moral goodness and malice 2. Multiple moral goodness or malice of a human act 4, 5. Whether a circumstance can intrinsically change the nature of the exterior work and of the interior act 6. Aggravating, diminishing, infinitely aggravating 7, 8. Changing the species 9 ff. Which circumstances generally change the species 14. They can change the species in three ways 15. Whether an act is good if a circumstance is evil 16. How many circumstances of human acts are numbered 17. How various circumstances are to be considered 18.
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  1. The notion of merit, n. 1 ff. Distinction from impetration and from satisfaction 4. Natural, supernatural 5. De congruo, de condigno 6. Equality in merit de condigno 7 ff. Merit de congruo, infallible, fallible 13. The proper causality of merit 14. Comparison of merit de congruo and de condigno 15. From what head merit is increased 16. Conditions required for theological merit on the part of the meritorious work 17 ff. On the part of the person meriting 24. On the part of God rewarding 25. Conditions required for merit de condigno on the part of the work itself 26, 27. On the part of the person meriting 28. On the part of God rewarding 30 ff. Divine ordination and promise 31 ff. Whether to render a condign reward to merits de condigno belongs to justice, and what kind 32 ff. Conditions required for merit de congruo 40. Various objects of merit 41 ff.