A Topic of Moral Theology

Temperament and Moral Character

Temperament and Moral Character, as treated in Tanquerey (On Human Acts — Chapter I: On Free Acts).

In the index as Abulia · Bodily complexion · Character, or man's disposition · Dementia · Diseases of the mind · Education · Epilepsy · Hypnosis · Hysteria · Liberty of human acts · Neurasthenia · Obsession of mind · Pathological states · Phrenesis · Propensities of the soul · Temperament

In the manuals

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Human Acts — Chapter I: On Free Acts, nn. 116, 117 & 118 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, First Part: On Human Acts …, Section A: On the Conditio…, Ch. I, Q. IV, Article III: On the More Remote Impediments of Freedom, nn. ¶1, 98, 99 & 100 (35 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Obstacles to Voluntariety — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Coppens, Medical Practice · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · The Casuist · Coppens, Moral Philosophy — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)