A Topic of Moral Theology
Studiousness
The moderation of the desire to know — the virtue that stands between curiosity and neglect.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Studiousness · Chastity · Curiosity · Modesty · Abstinence · Clemency · Continence · Cruelty · Eutrapelia · Insensibility · Meekness · Negligence · Petulance · Savagery · Sobriety · Studiosity · Temperance
In the manuals
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Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 8. The Virtue of Temp…, Studiousness, n. 2562 — Studiousness. Studiousness.—Studiousness (studiositas) is the virtue that makes one modest in the desire of knowledge. (a) Its object is the desire of knowledge; for man is gifted with powers of sensation and understanding, and nature… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Sins and Virtues, VI. On Virtues, n. 349 — What is temperance, what are its parts, and what vices are opposed to it? - R. To the first. Temperance is the virtue which moderates concupiscence and delight of sensible goods, especially in the delights of taste and t… Read in context →
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XIII, Ch. IV, § 4, 2. On Studiousness, n. 716 — 716. Studiousness is a virtue moderating the appetite and study for knowing truth according to the rules of right reason. Man indeed naturally desires to know truth; but since after original sin knowledge of truths canno… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Studiosity and Curiosity — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)