Jared Brandt, “Participation through Actualization. Aquinas on Habit Formation,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 79, no. 1–2 (2023): 443–78, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2023_79_1_0443.
| Item Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Jared Brandt |
| Abstract | I discuss Aquinas’s view of habit—the genus to which virtue belongs. The first article in both of Aquinas’s sustained treatments of the virtues in general (STh I.II.55-67 and QDV 1) asks whether virtues are habits. Thus, Aquinas’s pedagogical strategy is to elucidate the virtues in terms of their nature as habits. Following this strategy, I explore Aquinas’s discussion of habits in Questions 49-54 of the prima secundae by tracing three important topics: the essence of habits, the cause of habits, and the increase of habits. By the end of this paper, the reader will have a strong grasp of the nature and types of habits and the different ways in which they can increase. |
| Date | 2023 |
| Language | English |
| Rights | © 2023 Aletheia - Associação Científica e Cultural |
| Volume | 79 |
| Pages | 443-478 |
| Publication | Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia |
| DOI | 10.17990/RPF/2023_79_1_0443 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| ISSN | 0870-5283 ; 2183-461X |
| Date Added | 31/07/2023, 7:21:54 PM |
| Modified | 31/07/2023, 9:34:25 PM |
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