“ Virtue overcomes inordinate passion; it produces ordinate passion. ”
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (1274). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Aquinas |
|---|---|
| Source | Summa Theologica |
| Topic | passion overcoming |
| Date | 1274 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/17897/pg17897-images.html |
Context
“in so far as the lower powers follow the movement of the higher, as stated above (Q. 17, A. 7; Q. 24, A. 3) . Wherefore by reason of this kind of overflow, the more perfect a virtue is, the more does it cause passion.
Reply Obj. 1: Virtue overcomes inordinate passion; it produces ordinate passion.
Reply Obj. 2: It is inordinate, not ordinate, passion that leads to sin.
Reply Obj. 3: The good of anything depends on the condition of its nature. Now there is no sensitive appetite in God and the angels, as there is in man.”
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