Habit


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1 Diverse conceptions of habit, as second nature, perfection of power, retained modification of matter.
2 Habit in relation to potency and act.
3 Habit in relation to the plasticity of matter.
4 The kinds of habit, the distinction of habit from disposition and other qualities.
5 Differentiation of habits according to origin and function, innate and acquired, entitative and operative habits.
6 Differentiation of habits according to the capacity habituated or to the object of the habit's activity.
7 The instincts or innate habits of animals and men.
8 Instinctual needs or drives.
9 The innate sense of the beneficial and harmful, the estimative power.
10 Instinct in relation to reason.
11 The instinctive basis of habit-formation, the modification of instincts and reflexes through experience or learning.
12 The genesis, transmission, and modification of instincts in the course of generations.
13 Habit formation.
14 The causes of habit, practice, repetition, discipline, teaching, and the law.
15 The growth and decay of habits, ways of strengthening and breaking habits.
16 The analysis of specifically human habits.
17 Habits of body, manual arts and the skills of play.
18 Habits of appetite and will, the moral virtues as good habits.
19 The natural habits of reason, innate predispositions of the mind.
20 The acquired habits of mind, the intellectual virtues.
21 Supernatural habits.
22 Grace as an entitative habit of the person.
23 The infused virtues and the supernatural gifts.
24 The theological virtues.
25 The force of habit in human life.
26 The automatic or unconscious functioning of habits, addiction.
27 The contribution of habit to the perfection of character and mind.
28 Habit and freedom.
29 The social significance of habit, habit in relation to law.


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