VIRTUE FROM POINT OF VIEW ST. THOMAS AQUINAS ON ACCORDING TO THE “ SUMMA THEOLOGICA”

This thesis contains defaults and parts of virtues from point of view St. Thomas Aquinas that is appeared in the form of questions and replays in Summa Theologica that reflexes his views and opinions that is presented in the greater part of part II. Aquinas parts the virtue in tow method. In first division he follows the Aristotle and therefore without regard to the theological virtues he divides the virtue on according to the tow nature of human in intellectual and moral virtues. The intellectual virtues rise from the first nature and complete the intellect faculty. The moral virtues are complementary of appetite faculty and give shape to the second nature. Righteousness of will that is the main faculty of appetite dose not effect on intellectual virtues and merely is basic stipulation in the moral virtues that selection and choice are basic role in them. Prudence as virtue that completes tow parts and deals with the acts, is a part of both and therefore the correctness of will is pivotal in it. In the second part of the second part Aquinas gives an account of the blessing virtues contain four cardinal virtues prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance and three Pauline virtues faith, Hope and charity that accounted seven gift of Holy Spirit. The cardinal virtues that are same the moral virtues are natural principles that are not at beginning in man, but by diffusion from Holy Ghost appear and with repetition become changed into habits. Of course they are adapted to reason. The theological virtues are the supernatural principle that exposed to exhibition of human will. The cardinal virtues divide from three aspects. First in to integrant parts that called integral parts, second in to subjective parts that are same subject and third are potential parts that are similar in method.