The Medieval Trees
The same virtues and vices as the plain trees on the charts, drawn in the manner of the old manuscripts. The names are St. Thomas's where St. Thomas gives one.
The Tree of the Vices
The same vices and daughters, drawn as the old trees of vices drew them: pride at the root, a branch for each capital vice, the daughters hanging from it, and the leaves turned downward. The vices that seek a good are on the left, those that shun one on the right. A daughter printed in color opens its own entry.
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The root is the picture's image, not St. Thomas's term. St. Thomas says “pride, which is the desire to excel, is said to be the ‘beginning’ of every sin,” and that “covetousness is said to be the ‘root’ of all evils.” I-II, q. 84, a. 2.
The Tree of the Virtues
Its pair. The old trees of virtues turn their leaves upward and often set humility at the root. St. Thomas says “charity, which is the love of God, is called the root of the virtues” (I-II, q. 84, a. 1), so charity stands at the root here, with the order of charity written on its roots. Faith and hope are at the crown, as on many of the old trees, and the cardinal virtues are on the branches between. A part printed in color opens its own passage, and each small label opens the place where St. Thomas names those parts.
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