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Excerpt from The "Summa Theologica" Of St. Thomas Aquinas, Vol. 2: Second Part of the Second Part, Qq. CXLI-CLXX Objection I. It seems that temperance is not a virtue. For no virtue goes against the inclination of nature, since there is in us a natural aptitude for virtue, as stated in Ethic. Ii. I. Now temperance Withdraws us from pleasures to which nature inclines, according to Ethic. Ii. 3, 8. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.