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- Virtue and Grace in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas
- Virtue and Grace in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations of Aquinas’s Works
- Introduction
- Part I Virtue and the Developments in Grace
- Part II The Conditions of Virtue Simpliciter
- Part III The Conditions of Virtue Secundum Quid
- 7 The Conditions for the Beginning of Virtue Secundum Quid
- 8 The Conditions for Perseverance in Virtue Secundum Quid
- 9 The End of Virtue Secundum Quid
- Part IV Confirmations and Conclusions
- Conclusion
- Selected Works Cited
- Index
9 - The End of Virtue Secundum Quid
from Part III - The Conditions of Virtue Secundum Quid
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2020
- Virtue and Grace in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas
- Virtue and Grace in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations of Aquinas’s Works
- Introduction
- Part I Virtue and the Developments in Grace
- Part II The Conditions of Virtue Simpliciter
- Part III The Conditions of Virtue Secundum Quid
- 7 The Conditions for the Beginning of Virtue Secundum Quid
- 8 The Conditions for Perseverance in Virtue Secundum Quid
- 9 The End of Virtue Secundum Quid
- Part IV Confirmations and Conclusions
- Conclusion
- Selected Works Cited
- Index
Summary
The last aspect of our analysis of virtue secundum quid falls to determining its end and conditions.1 Before broaching the conditions that enable us to speak of the end of pagan virtue, we must briefly lay out some metaethical points. Chapter 6 revealed that virtue simpliciter’s end meant considering the perfect happiness of the one who has arrived at journey’s end, the status comprehensoris. Now we take up that sort of end that is had by the one on earth, the status viatoris. This agent is propelled on his journey by desire. Because a desire for the good in general is hardwired into the human agent and constitutes the catalyst of agency itself, we must begin by examining what Aquinas holds to be the metaethical connections between goodness, goods, desirability, and ends.
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- Virtue and Grace in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas , pp. 248 - 288Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020