Part IIa IIaePrudenceQuestion 48
The Parts of Prudence
- The parts of prudence are certain faculties,perfections, or qualities that belong to prudence, or are somehowassociated with it. Among these things, some seem to be almost anelement of prudence itself; these are called itsquasi-integral parts. There are eight of thesequasi-integral parts of prudence: memory, understanding, docility,shrewdness, reason, foresight, circumspection, caution. Other partsof prudence are called its subjective parts; these are itsspecies or kinds of varieties, as, for example, domestic prudence,reigning prudence,military prudence, political prudence, etc.Still other parts of prudence are called its potentialparts; these are virtues connected with prudence, or subordinate toprudence, which produce what can be called its secondary effects;these are: good counsel, which throws a kind of headlight; synesis,which guides judgment in ordinary matters; and gnome, which guidesjudgment in exceptional matters.
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