Part IIa IIaeTemperanceQuestion 143
The Parts of Temperance
- The integral or quasi-integral parts of a virtue are conditions required by its nature as that virtue. There are two such integral parts of temperance: shamefacedness by which one recoils from the disgrace of intemperance, and honesty by which one loves the beauty of temperance. The subjective parts of a virtue are its species, kinds, or types. The subjective parts of temperance are: abstinence, sobriety, chastity,purity. The potential parts of a virtue are other virtues allied with it or subordinate to it; these parts share the character ofthe virtue in question, yet they are not coextensive with it in scope, and they are not species or kinds of it. The potential parts of temperance are: continence, humility, meekness (or mildness),modesty.
Full Summa Text · II-II, Q. 143
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