Dissertation I (Preliminary). On the Human Act, Considered according to Physical Being

¶1.

(St. Thomas, I-II, q. 1, a. 1; qq. 6-21; St. Alphonsus, Theologia Moralis, book V, I-XXXIII; Homo Apostolicus, tract 3, nn. 1-18.)¹

We shall first present the summary doctrine of the human act considered physically; then we shall consider its individual elements separately.

¹ Cf. John of St. Thomas, on I-II, t. I; Cajetan, on I-II, qq. 6-17; qq. 22-48; Billuart, I-II, De actibus humanis; Gonet, Clypeus Theologiae Thomisticae, part 2, tract I, De actibus humanis; Suarez, on I-II, De voluntario et involuntario in genere deque actibus voluntariis in speciali; Pegues, literal French commentary on the Summa Theologica, vols. VI and VII; Bouquillon, Theologia moralis fundamentalis, tract 4, section 1, De actu libero; Frins, De actibus humanis; Walsh, Tractatus de actibus humanis; Pesch, Praelectiones dogmaticae, vol. III, tract II, De Deo fine ultimo, section II, De actibus humanis in se consideratis; Lehu, Philosophia moralis et socialis; Walter McDonald, The Principles of Moral Science; Potters, Compendium Ethicae generalis; Sweens, Theologia moralis fundamentalis.

Human Acts

Within this part

Part I. Summary Doctrine of the Human Actnn. 15–17
Part II. The Elements of the Human Act Considered Separatelynn. 18–60
- Section I. On the Voluntarynn. 18–19
- Section II. On the Freenn. 20–60
  - Chapter I. On Liberty Considered in Itselfnn. 20–26
    Scholion I. On the Acts which Concur to Constitute a Deliberate Act of the Willn. 25
    Scholion II. On the Distinction of Acts of the Will, Considered with Respect to the Defect or Degree of Deliberationn. 26
  - Chapter II. On Those Things which Influence Libertynn. 27–56
    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
  - Chapter III. On the Consequence of Liberty, or on Imputabilitynn. 57–60