A Topic of Moral Theology
The Potential Parts of Prudence
The virtues annexed to prudence, which the manuals name one by one — good sense in the ordinary case (synesis), judgement in the extraordinary (gnome), circumspection and caution.
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
caution · circumspection · gnome · good sense · synesis (ed.)
In the index as Prudence · Synesis · Gnome · Eubulia · Caution · Fraud · Circumspection · Clear-sightedness · Craftiness · Cunning · Deliberation · Equity · Inconsideration · Inconstancy · Infidelity · Mean · Merit · Negligence · Potential parts of virtues · Precipitation · Providence · Pusillanimity · Rancor · Reason
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. III, Diss. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. II, Article I. On Prudence, n. 375 — V. Parts of Prudence. 1. Subjective parts. It belongs to prudence, as we noted above, to direct man in individual acts to the due end; but man can be considered as an individual person or as a person of a society. In eit… Read in context →
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. I, Art. 4. Acts as Meritorious, Divisions of Merit, n. 108 — Divisions. Divisions.—According to the difference of the person who confers the reward, there are two kinds of merit: (a) human merit, or the claim which a person has to a reward from his neighbor, or from society, for the benefits… Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 6. The Remaining Pote…, Equity, n. 2432 — The Greatness of Legal Equity. The Greatness of Legal Equity.—(a) It is a distinct virtue, since it inclines the will to do good and avoid iniquity in a matter of special difficulty. It is not a transgression of law, since it upholds the spirit when t… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On Sins and Virtues, VI. On Virtues, n. 346 — What is prudence, what are its parts, and what vices are opposed to it? R. To the first. It is a certain special virtue of the practical intellect, by which in any business occurring we know what is honorable, what shame… Read in context →
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract X. On the Virtue of …, Chapter III. On the Parts of Prudence, n. 633 — 633. c) Potential parts of prudence are called the joined virtues which are ordered to some secondary acts or secondary matters, and are three, namely eubulia, synesis, gnome. 1. Eubulia is the habit of taking counsel ri… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Prudence It…, Question Two: On the Parts…, Article III: On the Potential Parts, nn. ¶1, 29, 30 & 31 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy
Chapter II: The Morality of Human Acts, n. 76 — 76\. II. Prudence perfects the intellect, directing it to discern on all occasions what is best suited for the attainment of our last end. Thus defined, prudence is a general virtue, which includes: (a) Clear-sightedness… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Prudence — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · 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.)