Chapter II. On Those Things which Influence Liberty

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Of those things which influence liberty, some impede it, such as physical violence, or force brought upon the faculties which must execute the commands of the will, and ignorance, by which the root of liberty, that is, reason, is impeded in the exercise of its activity. Others concur, proximately or remotely, toward the impediment or diminution of liberty, or at least can concur, insofar, namely, as they proximately or remotely conduce, or at least can conduce, to obscuring the light of reason. Of this sort especially are the passions, habit, temperament, disposition, character, and psychic abnormalities. We shall speak of each.

¹ It seems practical to add these things, although logically the things to be said would rather be referred to another place.

Human Acts

Within this chapter

Article I. On Physical Violencenn. 27–29
Article II. On Ignorancenn. 30–32
Article III. On the Passionsnn. 33–43
- Section I. On the Passions in Generalnn. 33–36
- Section II. On Concupiscence in Particularnn. 37–39
- Section III. On Fear in Particularnn. 40–43
Article IV. On Habitnn. 44–47
Article V. On Temperament, Disposition, and Characternn. 48–50
Article VI. On the Principal Psychic Abnormalitiesnn. 51–56
- Section I. Psychic Abnormalities which Arise from Defective Evolution of the Psychic Facultiesn. 51
- Section II. Abnormalities which Arise from Morbid Disturbance of the Psychic Facultiesnn. 52–56
  - Point I. Amentia Properly So Callednn. 53–54
  - Point II. Abnormal Psycho-Somatic Dispositionsn. 55
  - Point III. Psychogenic Reactionsn. 56