What are the sins that are opposed to prudence by excess?
They are called false prudence and false solicitude (LV.).
What is false prudence?
It is that complexity of sins which vitiate the true character of prudence by seeking an end that is bad, or by exceeding the limits of prudence in choosing wrong means to an end (LV. 1-5).
What is that which vitiates the true character of prudence by seeking an end that is bad?
It is called the prudence of the flesh (LV. 1).
In what does it consist?
It consists in disposing our life in the interests of the flesh which is served as an end (ibid.).
Is this a mortal sin?
Yes, whenever the interests of the flesh are looked upon as the last end; if, however, these interests are not looked upon as the last end and as not ordained to the last true end of human life, then the sin is only venial (LV. 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 (G)
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