A doutrina dos hábitos subjacente ao tratado das virtudes em Tomás de Aquino.

Abstract

The dissertation proposes, from Santo Tomás de Aquino, in the work Suma Teológica, to demonstrate that there is, underlying the conception of virtue, a conception of habit. Such intent has as problematic to point out a path that helps the human being of the present time to make correct choices quickly. For this, the concept of human act is presented, as the operation of a rational being that decides on the means to reach an end; the definition of virtue as a good operating habit is analyzed; the definition of habit is presented as a disposition, developing the problem of the possibility of acquiring a disposition and, finally, the theme of the virtue of prudence is developed as a right reason applied to action.