Are there any sins opposed to prudence?
Yes, and some of them are opposed to prudence on account of defect, whereas others are opposed on account of excess.
What are those sins called that are opposed to prudence on account of defect?
They go under the general name of imprudence (LIII.).
What is imprudence considered in this general way?
Imprudence, in general, is every act of the practical reason which runs counter to the rules of prudence (LIII. 1).
Can an act of imprudence be a mortal sin?
Yes, this can be so whenever man's reason acts contrary divine laws; such a one who spurns the laws of God acts with rashness (LIII. 1).
When is the sin only venial?
When man acts contrary to God's laws but without contempt and without peril to what is necessary for his salvation (ibid.).
Is any other sin linked up with the sin of imprudence?
Yes, indeed every other sin, for no sin would ever come to be if there were no act of imprudence; the latter sin, however, is distinct from and can exist apart from other sins (LIII. 2).
In what case does this sin of imprudence exist apart from other sins?
In every case when, without doing anything in itself bad or even when doing something that is good, one acts with hastiness, or with lack of thought, or with inconstancy, or with negligence (LIII. 2).
Next - The Catechism of the Summa - SECOND SECTION - A DETAILED SURVEY OF MAN'S RETURN TO GOD - XV. OF THE SINS THAT ARE OPPOSED TO PRUDENCE, VIZ., OF IMPRUDENCE; HASTINESS; LACK OF THOUGHT; INCONSTANCY; NEGLIGENCE; FALSE PRUDENCE; PRUDENCE OF THE FLESH; SLYNESS; DECEIT; FRAUD; FALSE SOLICITUDE (B)
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