Is there any other great virtue besides abstinence and sobriety that is a species of temperance?
Yes; and it is the virtue of chastity (CLI.).
What is meant by the virtue of chastity?
It is that perfection of the sensitive appetite which makes man master of all the impulses that bear him towards the things of marriage (CLI. 1).
Is there in the order of chastity any special virtue which is its crowning and highest perfection?
Yes; and this virtue is called virginity (CLII.).
What is virginity?
It is the firm and absolute purpose, made holy by a vow, of renouncing for ever the pleasures of marriage (CLII. 1-3).
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