A Topic of Moral Theology
Persons Who Possess Prudence
In whom prudence is found: political prudence in those who rule, and the prudence proper to every state of life.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Prudence · Contract · Art · Astuteness · Confessors · Cunning · Human wisdom · Statesmanship · Suffrage
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Fourth. On Contracts, Question First. On Contrac…, Article Third. On Capable Persons, nn. 528 & 529 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 1. The Virtue of Prud…, Persons Who Possess Prudence, nn. 1648, 1649, 1650, 1651, 1652, 1653, 1654, 1655 & 1656 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Prudence It…, Question One: On Prudence …, Article I: On the Subject of Prudence, nn. ¶1, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XX: On Prudence, Question IV: Who share in prudence, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Prudence — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · Rickaby, Four-Square — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)