6: Prudence Flashcards

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It is also called the mother of all the virtues.

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Prudence

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is the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason and it is one of the four Cardinal virtues.

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Prudence

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Prudence begins with an understanding of the first principles of practical reason, which St. Thomas Aquinas calls

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synderesis

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4
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the object of these inclinations are

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goods

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5
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since these goods are not outside the human person, but are aspects of the human person, they are called

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human goods

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6
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It is basically good to be as a rational animal, created in the image and likeness of God, in the image of knowledge and love

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Life

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a life having the potential of self- expansion through knowledge and through love.

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“cognitive” life

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“All men by nature desire to know”. Knowing is a mode of existing.

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Aristotle, Metaphysics

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9
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a kind of self-expansion.

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Knowledge

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10
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This human person, who is fundamentally, intelligibly, and intrinsically good, desires to know ____ for its own sake.

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truth

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Man has, at the same time, a natural inclination to behold the _________, to see it, to intuit it, to contemplate it.

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beautiful

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12
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The person who plays has the cognitive power of complete self-reflection, and so he contemplates the marvel of his own skills and delights in the awareness of their gradual perfection.

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Leisure, Play, Art

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13
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The human person inclines to harmony between himself and others.

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Sociability

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14
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the highest kind of friendship he seeks is

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benevolent friendship

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15
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Man aspires after what is higher than himself because he is aware of a desire in him for perfect happiness.

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Religion

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16
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Man is inclined to ________, to give himself completely to another, to belong to another exclusively in one flesh union.

17
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He is inclined to bring about a more intense unity within himself, namely harmony between his actions and his character as well as his will and his passions.

18
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accurate memory that is true to reality; an ability to learn from experience.

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Memoria/Memory

19
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an open-mindedness that recognizes variety and is able to seek and make use of the experience and authority of others.

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Docilitas/Docility

20
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The understanding of first principles.

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Intelligentia

21
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quick-wittedness or the ability to evaluate a situation quickly.

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Sollertia/Shrewdness

22
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Discursive reasoning and the ability to research and compare alternatives

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Ratio/Reasoning

23
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the capacity to estimate whether particular actions can realize goals

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Providentia/Foresight

24
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the ability to take all relevant circumstances into account.

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Circumspection

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the ability to mitigate risk
Caution
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is one where the circumstances must be weighed to determine the correct action.
prudential judgment
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A person not entirely pure of heart, that is, whose charity is very defective, will have more options before him, poorer options that nevertheless have some appeal.
Good Counsel (eubolia)
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is an assent to good and suitable means.
Judgment
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good common sense in making judgments about what to do and what not to do in ordinary matters
Synesis
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refers to the ability to discern and apply higher laws to matters that fall outside the scope of the more common or lower rules that typically guide human action.
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