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Chapter Three
On the duties we owe to God’s wisdom. It alone enlightens our minds, in consequence of certain natural laws, of which our desires are the occasional causes which determine their efficacy. Judgments and duties ...
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Chapter Seven
Duties of esteem are owed to everyone — to the least of men, to the greatest sinners, to our enemies and persecutors, to the accomplished and the unaccomplished. It is difficult to govern with precision either...
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Chapter Eight
On the means furnished by religion for acquiring the love of Order. Jesus Christ is the occasional cause of grace. We must call upon Him with confidence. When we approach the Sacraments, our momentary love of ...
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Chapter Five
The three Divine Persons each impress their own mark on our minds, and our duties honor all three equally. Duties consist of nothing but inner movements, which must nevertheless appear outside us because of th...
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Chapter Nine
Duties owing to sovereigns. Two sovereign powers. Natural rights of these two powers. Rights of concession; obedience of subjects.
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Chapter Eleven
Origin of the diversity of conditions. Reason alone ought to govern. But force is necessary because of sin. Its legitimate use is to marshall men to Reason concerning fundamental law. Duties of superiors and i...
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Chapter Thirteen
Continuation of the same subject. In order to be loved, we must become lovable. Rules for conversation. On different expressions. On Christian friendships.
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Chapter Nine
Why the Church in its prayers addresses itself to the Father by way of the Son. We must pray to the Holy Virgin, the Angels and Saints, but not as occasional causes of inner grace. The Angels and the demons ha...
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Chapter One
Universal reason is the Wisdom of God Himself. By means of it, we all have intercourse with God. Truth and falsehood, justice and injustice, each is the same for all intelligent beings as it is for God Himself...
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Chapter Eleven
On what sort of death we must die in order to see God, to be united to Reason and delivered from concupiscence. The grace of faith gives us this happy death. Christians are dead to sin because of baptism, and ...
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Chapter Three
The love of Order is not different from charity. Two loves, one as union, the other as kindness. The former rendered only to power, i.e., only to God. The latter must be proportioned to personal merit, just as...
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Chapter Thirteen
On the passions. What they are. Their dangerous effects. We must moderate them. Conclusion of the first part of this Treatise.
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Chapter Five
On the Strength of the mind. Our desires are the occasional causes of our knowledge. It is difficult to contemplate abstract ideas. The strength of the mind consists in acquiring the habit of sustaining the effor...
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Chapter Two
Our duties to God should be related to His attributes — His power, His wisdom and His love. God alone is the real cause of all things. The duties we must render to His power, which consist chiefly in clear jud...
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Chapter Six
Duties in society, generally. Two sorts of society. Everything must be related to the eternal society. Different kinds of love and respect. General principles of our duties toward men. These duties must be ext...
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Chapter Seven
On obedience to Order. Means of acquiring a stable and dominant disposition to obey it. This cannot be done without grace. How much the good use of the mind’s strength and freedom contributes to grace: by the ...
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Chapter Four
Duties owed to Divine love. Our will is only a continuous impression of the love God bears toward Himself, Who alone is the true good. Evil cannot be loved, but that which is neither good nor evil can be taken...
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Chapter Eight
Duties of benevolence and respect. We ought to procure true goods for all men, not relative goods. How does a man acquit himself of the duties of benevolence? Unjust complaints of worldly people. The duties of...
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Chapter Ten
Domestic duties of husband and wife. Principle of these duties. Those of fathers concerning their children, in relation to the eternal society, and to civil society. On their instruction in the sciences and mo...
