Vices Contrary to Temperance and Fortitude Flashcards
Define fear as a vice.
Unmoderated passion arising from the perception of future evil.
Define fearlessness as a vice.
Lack of moderated fear.
Define audacity.
Excessive aggressiveness toward imminent danger without reasonable fear.
Define presumption.
Thinking one can attain some end which is beyond him without aid, usually from God.
Define ambition.
Striving for honour above one’s excellence.
Define inane glory.
Seeking honour in those things unworthy of honour.
Define pusillanimity.
Smallness of soul; the habit of not striving for excellence.
Name the vice that involves unwillingness to use one’s wealth to do great things.
Parvificience (stinginess).
Name the vice that involves an unwillingness to put aside pleasure in order to engage the arduous.
Mollities or softness (effeminacy).
Name the vice that involves excessive clinging to one’s assertions or intellectual convictions.
Pertinacity.
Define gluttony.
Eating to excess.
Define drunkenness.
Drinking alcohol to excess.
Define lust.
Illicit desire for the pleasures pertaining to the 6th commandment.
Name five sinful acts that fall under the species of lust.
- fornication
- mutual acts outside the marriage state (foreplay)
- rape
- adultery
- incest
Define incontinence.
Lack of steadfastness because of the tumult of the appetites.
Define anger as a vice (2 features).
- Failing to moderate the passion of anger.
- An inordinate desire for vindication arising from unmoderated sorrow at some offence.
Define cruelty.
Unmoderated vindication with respect to external actions.
Define pride (3 features).
- Unwillingness to live in accordance with the truth.
- Excessive striving for excellence beyond one’s state.
- Judging oneself greater than he is.
Define curiosity as a vice.
Inordinate desire for useless or profane knowledge.
Define crudity as a vice.
Lack of etiquette or manners.
Define immodesty as a vice.
Lack of moderation regarding one’s externals.
