The Cardinal Virtue of Temperance

Enables one to be moderate in the pleasure and use of created goods

• Temperance moderates one’s desires and pleasures
• It is concerned with the greatest sensible pleasures that attract man: eating, drinking (pleasures of the table), and sexual gratification
• Temperance strikes a balance: It does not destroy passions but moderates them
• The morally immature person is unreasonable and resistant to correction