Prima secundae

First Part of the Second Part · 1269–70

The return of the rational creature to God, considered in general: the last end, human acts and the passions, habits, virtues and vices, law and grace.

The Summa in the Enciclopedia Cattolica: Summae, I. Theological Summae · St Thomas Aquinas, II. Works

St Thomas's prologue

Since, as Damascene states (De Fide Orth. ii, 12), man is said to be made in God's image, in so far as the image implies "an intelligent being endowed with free-will and self-movement": now that we have treated of the exemplar, i.e. God, and of those things which came forth from the power of God in accordance with His will; it remains for us to treat of His image, i.e. man, inasmuch as he too is the principle of his actions, as having free-will and control of his actions.

Man's last end qq. 1–5

In the encyclopedia: Ultimate End

Of Man's Last End 8 art.
Of Those Things in Which Man's Happiness Consists 8 art.
What Is Happiness 8 art.
Of Those Things That Are Required for Happiness 8 art.
Of the Attainment of Happiness 8 art.

Human acts qq. 6–21

In the encyclopedia: Human Act

Of the Voluntary and the Involuntary 8 art.
Of the Circumstances of Human Acts 4 art.
Of the Will, in Regard to What It Wills 3 art.
Of That Which Moves the Will 6 art.
Of the Manner in Which the Will Is Moved 4 art.
Of Enjoyment, Which Is an Act of the Will 4 art.
Of Intention 5 art.
Of Choice, Which Is an Act of the Will with Regard to the Means 6 art.
Of Counsel, Which Precedes Choice 6 art.
Of Consent, Which Is an Act of the Will in Regard to the Means 4 art.
Of Use, Which Is an Act of the Will in Regard to the Means 4 art.
Of the Acts Commanded by the Will 9 art.
Of the Good and Evil of Human Acts, in General 11 art.
Of the Goodness and Malice of the Interior Act of the Will 10 art.
Of Goodness and Malice in External Human Actions 6 art.
Of the Consequences of Human Actions by Reason of Their Goodness and Malice 4 art.

The passions qq. 22–48

In the encyclopedia: Passion

Of the Subject of the Soul's Passions 3 art.
How the Passions Differ from One Another 4 art.
Of Good and Evil in the Passions of the Soul 4 art.
Of the Order of the Passions to One Another 4 art.
Of the Passions of the Soul in Particular: and First, of Love 4 art.
Of the Cause of Love 4 art.
Of the Effects of Love 6 art.
Of Hatred 6 art.
Of Concupiscence 4 art.
Of Delight Considered in Itself 8 art.
Of the Cause of Pleasure 8 art.
Of the Effects of Pleasure 4 art.
Of the Goodness and Malice of Pleasures 4 art.
Of Pain or Sorrow, in Itself 8 art.
Of the Causes of Sorrow or Pain 4 art.
Of the Effects of Pain or Sorrow 4 art.
Of the Remedies of Sorrow or Pain 5 art.
Of the Goodness and Malice of Sorrow or Pain 4 art.
Of the Irascible Passions, and First, of Hope and Despair 8 art.
Of Fear, in Itself 4 art.
Of the Object of Fear 6 art.
Of the Cause of Fear 2 art.
Of the Effects of Fear 4 art.
Of Daring 4 art.
Of Anger, in Itself 8 art.
Of the Cause That Provokes Anger, and of the Remedies of Anger 4 art.
Of the Effects of Anger 4 art.

Habits qq. 49–54

In the encyclopedia: Habit, Habitude

Of Habits in General, As to Their Substance 4 art.
Of the Subject of Habits 6 art.
Of the Cause of Habits, As to Their Formation 4 art.
Of the Increase of Habits 3 art.
How Habits Are Corrupted or Diminished 3 art.
Of the Distinction of Habits 4 art.

The virtues qq. 55–67

In the encyclopedia: Virtue

Of the Virtues, As to Their Essence 4 art.
Of the Subject of Virtue 6 art.
Of the Intellectual Virtues 6 art.
Of the Difference Between Moral and Intellectual Virtues 5 art.
Of Moral Virtue in Relation to the Passions 5 art.
How the Moral Virtues Differ from One Another 5 art.
Of the Cardinal Virtues 5 art.
Of the Theological Virtues 4 art.
Of the Cause of Virtues 4 art.
Of the Mean of Virtue 4 art.
Of the Connection of Virtues 5 art.
Of Equality Among the Virtues 6 art.
Of the Duration of Virtues After This Life 6 art.

Gifts, beatitudes and fruits qq. 68–70

In the encyclopedia: Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Vice and sin qq. 71–89

In the encyclopedia: Sin

Of Vice and Sin Considered in Themselves 6 art.
Of the Distinction of Sins 9 art.
Of the Comparison of One Sin with Another 10 art.
Of the Subject of Sin 10 art.
Of the Causes of Sin, in General 4 art.
Of the Causes of Sin, in Particular 4 art.
Of the Cause of Sin, on the Part of the Sensitive Appetite 8 art.
Of That Cause of Sin Which Is Malice 4 art.
Of the External Causes of Sin 4 art.
Of the Cause of Sin, As Regards the Devil 4 art.
Of the Cause of Sin, on the Part of Man 5 art.
Of Original Sin, As to Its Essence 4 art.
Of the Subject of Original Sin 4 art.
Of the Cause of Sin, in Respect of One Sin Being the Cause of Another 4 art.
Of the Effects of Sin, and, First, of the Corruption of the Good of Nature 6 art.
Of the Stain of Sin 2 art.
Of the Debt of Punishment 8 art.
Of Venial and Mortal Sin 6 art.
Of Venial Sin in Itself 6 art.

Law qq. 90–108

In the encyclopedia: Law

Of the Essence of Law 4 art.
Of the Various Kinds of Law 6 art.
Of the Effects of Law 2 art.
Of the Eternal Law 6 art.
Of the Natural Law 6 art.
Of Human Law 4 art.
Of the Power of Human Law 6 art.
Of Change in Laws 4 art.
Of the Old Law 6 art.
Of the Precepts of the Old Law 6 art.
Of the Moral Precepts of the Old Law 12 art.
Of the Ceremonial Precepts in Themselves 4 art.
Of the Causes of the Ceremonial Precepts 6 art.
Of the Duration of the Ceremonial Precepts 4 art.
Of the Judicial Precepts 4 art.
Of the Reason for the Judicial Precepts 4 art.
Of the Law of the Gospel, Called the New Law, Considered in Itself 4 art.
Of the New Law As Compared with the Old 4 art.
Of Those Things That Are Contained in the New Law 4 art.

Grace qq. 109–114

In the encyclopedia: Grace

Of the Necessity of Grace 10 art.
Of the Grace of God As Regards Its Essence 4 art.
Of the Division of Grace 5 art.
Of the Cause of Grace 5 art.
Of the Effects of Grace 10 art.
Of Merit 10 art.