Questions "V" 2


FIGURE 4
Questions about V. part 2

Gluttony I.
Question 1: Is gluttony a likeness and figure of nothingness?
Question 2: Does gluttony depend more on the will than on the intellect?
Solution: [Gluttony, avarice, temperance][Beginning, end, contrariety.][C.D.H.]

Lust K.
Question 1: Does lust first arise in the senses or in the intellect?
Question 2: Does lust first arise in the intellect, or in the will?
Solution: [Lust, avarice, accidy.][God, concordance, contrariety.][Fire, water.]

Avarice L.
Question 1: Does avarice arise in essential will, or in the will?
Question 2: Is avarice greater in contrariety than in concordance?
Solution: [Avarice, accidy, prudence.][God, concordance, contrariety.][Essential will, substance, accident.]

Accidy M.
Question 1: Does accidy repel charity more strongly than humility repels conceit?
Question 2: Is accidy greater in unwillingness than in unwillingness?
Solution: [Accidy, lust, conceit.][Majority, minority, affirmation.][Goodness, will, generosity.]

Conceit N.
Question 1: Does pride originate in the soul's being or in its powers?
Question 2: Is there greater magnitude in conceit than in avarice?
Solution: [Conceit, avarice, accidy][Operation, beginning, end.][Virtue, operation, motion.]

Envy O.
Question 1: Is envy greater in nothingness than in being?
Question 2: Can envy be mortified more by charity than by justice?
Solution: [Envy, gluttony, conceit.][Majority, equality, negation.]

Wrath P.
Question 1: Is wrath closer to the soul's being than to its powers?
Question 2: Is wrath more repugnant to charity than to fortitude?
Solution: [Wrath, accidy, envy.][Creature, operation, beginning.][Being, form, virtue.]

 



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