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Scala Paradisi

Chapter 5

II. The Practice of the Virtues ^ Active Life")

(i) Fundamental Virtues
4. Obedience
5. Penitence
6. Remembrance of Death
7. Sorrow
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INTRODUCTION
(ii) The Struggle Against the Passions
(a) Passions That Are Predominantly Non-physical
8. Anger
9. Malice
10. Slander
11. Talkativeness
12. Falsehood
13. Despondency
(b) Physical and Material Passions
14. Gluttony
15. Lust 16-17. Avarice
(c) Non-Physical Passions (cont.) 18-20, Insensitivity
21. Fear
22. Vainglory
23. Pride (also Blasphemy) ^
(iii) Higher Virtues of the "Active Life"
24. Simplicity
25. Humility
26. Discernment