Summa Theologiae by St Thomas Aquinas
SS: Treatise On Fortitude And Temperance
Q149 Of Sobriety
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We must now consider sobriety and the contrary vice, namely drunkenness. As regards sobriety there are four points of inquiry:

A1 What is the matter of sobriety?

A2 Whether it is a special virtue?

A3 Whether the use of wine is lawful?

A4 To whom especially is sobriety becoming?

 
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