Part IIa IIaePrudenceQuestion 48
The Parts of Prudence
- The parts of prudence are certain faculties,perfections, or qualities that belong to prudence, or are somehow associated with it. Among these things, some seem to be almost an element of prudence itself; these are called its quasi-integral parts. There are eight of thesequasi-integral parts of prudence: memory, understanding, docility,shrewdness, reason, foresight, circumspection, caution. Other parts of prudence are called its subjective parts; these are its species or kinds of varieties, as, for example, domestic prudence,reigning prudence,military prudence, political prudence, etc. Still other parts of prudence are called its potential parts; these are virtues connected with prudence, or subordinate to prudence, 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 guides judgment in exceptional matters.
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