FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   250   251   252   253   254   255   256   257   258   259   260   261   262   263   264   265   266   267   268   269   270   271   272   273   274  
275   276   277   278   279   280   281   282   283   284   285   286   287   288   289   290   291   292   293   294   295   296   297   298   299   >>   >|  
e? Objection 1: It would seem that love is not properly divided into love of friendship and love of concupiscence. For "love is a passion, while friendship is a habit," according to the Philosopher (Ethic. viii, 5). But habit cannot be the member of a division of passions. Therefore love is not properly divided into love of concupiscence and love of friendship. Obj. 2: Further, a thing cannot be divided by another member of the same division; for man is not a member of the same division as "animal." But concupiscence is a member of the same division as love, as a passion distinct from love. Therefore concupiscence is not a division of love. Obj. 3: Further, according to the Philosopher (Ethic. viii, 3) friendship is threefold, that which is founded on _usefulness,_ that which is founded on _pleasure,_ and that which is founded on _goodness._ But useful and pleasant friendship are not without concupiscence. Therefore concupiscence should not be contrasted with friendship. _On the contrary,_ We are said to love certain things, because we desire them: thus "a man is said to love wine, on account of its sweetness which he desires"; as stated in _Topic._ ii, 3. But we have no friendship for wine and suchlike things, as stated in _Ethic._ viii, 2. Therefore love of concupiscence is distinct from love of friendship. _I answer that,_ As the Philosopher says (Rhet. ii, 4), "to love is to wish good to someone." Hence the movement of love has a twofold tendency: towards the good which a man wishes to someone (to himself or to another) and towards that to which he wishes some good. Accordingly, man has love of concupiscence towards the good that he wishes to another, and love of friendship towards him to whom he wishes good. Now the members of this division are related as primary and secondary: since that which is loved with the love of friendship is loved simply and for itself; whereas that which is loved with the love of concupiscence, is loved, not simply and for itself, but for something else. For just as that which has existence, is a being simply, while that which exists in another is a relative being; so, because good is convertible with being, the good, which itself has goodness, is good simply; but that which is another's good, is a relative good. Consequently the love with which a thing is loved, that it may have some good, is love simply; while the love, with which a thing is loved, that it may be another
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   250   251   252   253   254   255   256   257   258   259   260   261   262   263   264   265   266   267   268   269   270   271   272   273   274  
275   276   277   278   279   280   281   282   283   284   285   286   287   288   289   290   291   292   293   294   295   296   297   298   299   >>   >|  



Top keywords:

friendship

 

concupiscence

 

division

 
simply
 

member

 

Therefore

 

wishes

 

founded

 

Philosopher


divided

 
stated
 

things

 

goodness

 
passion
 

properly

 

relative

 

Further

 

distinct


Accordingly

 

tendency

 
twofold
 

movement

 

existence

 

exists

 

convertible

 
Consequently
 
members

related

 

primary

 

secondary

 
pleasure
 

usefulness

 

threefold

 

pleasant

 

contrasted

 

animal


Objection
 

passions

 

contrary

 
suchlike
 

answer

 
desires
 

desire

 
sweetness
 

account