First Part of the Second Part (Prima Secundæ Partis)

Since, asDamascene states (De Fide Orthod. ii. 12),man is said to be made toGod's image, in so far as the image impliesanintelligent being endowed withfree-will and self-movement: now that we have treated of the exemplar,i.e.,God, and of those things which came forth from the power ofGod in accordance with Hiswill; it remains for us to treat of His image,i.e.,man, inasmuch as he too is the principle of his actions, as havingfree-will and control of his actions.

Man's Last End

GENERAL: Man'slast end (1). Those things in which man'shappiness (2) consists.What (3) is happiness,what is required (4) for it, and itsattainment (5).

Human Acts

GENERAL: Thevoluntary and the involuntary (6) acts, and theircircumstances (7).
WILL: Itsobject (8),mover (9) andmanner of movement (10). Its other acts with regard to the ends:enjoyment (11) andintention (12). Its acts with regard to the means:choice (13),counsel (14),consent (15) anduse (16). Theacts commanded (17) by the will.
GOOD AND EVIL: The goodness and malice ofhuman acts in general (18), of theinterior act of the will (19), and inexternal human actions (20). Theconsequences (21) of human actions by reason of their goodness and malice.

Passions

GENERAL: Thesubject (22) of the soul's passions. Theirdifferences (23),goodness and malice (24) andrelations (25).
CONCUPISCIBLE:Love (26), itscause (27) andeffects (28).Hatred (29).Concupiscence (30).Delight (31) and itscause (32),effects (33), andgoodness or malice (34).Pain or sorrow (35) and itscauses (36),effects (37),remedies (38), andgoodness or malice (39).
IRASCIBLE:Hope and despair (40).Fear (41) and itsobject (42),cause (43) andeffects (44).Daring (45).Anger (46) and itscause (47) andeffects (48).

Habits

GENERAL: Habitsin general (49), and theirsubject (50),cause (51),increase (52),decrease (53), anddistinction (54).
VIRTUES: Theessence (55) andsubject (56) of virtues. Theintellectual (57) virtues and theirdifference (58) with the moral virtues. The moral virtues in relation to thepassions (59) and toone another (60). Thecardinal (61) andtheological (62) virtues. Thecause (63) andmean (64) of virtue. Theconnection (65) of andequality (66) among the virtues. Theirduration (67) after this life.
RELATED TO VIRTUES: Thegifts (68),beatitudes (69) andfruits of the Holy Ghost (70).

Vice and Sin

GENERAL: Vice and sinin themselves (71). Theirdistinction (72),comparison (73) andsubject (74).
CAUSE: Theirgeneral cause (75). Their internal causes such asignorance (76),passion (77) andmalice (78). Theirexternal causes (79) such as thedevil (80) andman himself (81). Original sin: itsessence (82) andsubject (83). Sin caused byother sins (84).
EFFECTS: The effects of sin: Thecorruption of nature (85), thestain of sin (86), and thedebt of punishment (87) due tovenial and mortal sin (88) in general, andvenial sin (89) in particular.

Law

GENERAL: Theessence (90),various kinds (91), andeffects (92) of law.
ETERNAL LAW: Theeternal law (93).
NATURAL LAW: Thenatural law (94).
HUMAN LAW:Human law (95) and itspower (96) andmutability (97).
OLD LAW: Theold law (98) and itsprecepts (99):moral (100),ceremonial (101) andjudicial (104). Thecauses (102) andduration (103) of the ceremonial precepts. Thereason (105) for the judicial precepts.
NEW LAW: Thelaw of the Gospel (106) or new law and itscomparison with the old (107).What (108) the new law contains.

Grace

GENERAL: Thenecessity (109) andessence (110) of grace. Thedivision (111) of grace. Itscause (112) andeffects (113).Merit (114).

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