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Episode 27 – What Are Virtues and Why Do We Need Them? | Fr. Michael Sherwin, O.P.

Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy

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Aquinas' Definition of Virtue

Aquinas says virtue is a good operative habit of the soul infused in us by God. He would prefer habitus to qualitize, because it's more specific. What type of quality? Well, it's a habitus. And if that's his definition, which makes perfect sense, he goes on later to talk about the gifts of the Holy Spirit associated with it.

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