A Topic of Moral Theology
Curiosity and Negligence
The two vices opposed to studiousness: inordinate desire of knowledge, and neglect of the knowledge one owes.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Studiosity · Curiosity · Concupiscence · Negligence
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, Curiosity and Negligence, nn. 2563 & 2564 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fifth Part: On the Virtues…, Question Four: On Studiosity, nn. ¶1, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055 & 1056 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. VI, Disputation II: On the Vic…, Last Question: On the other vices opposed to the potential parts of temperance, nn. 1–24 (24 passages)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, Sin, Case 2. Curiosity Sinful, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Studiosity and Curiosity — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)