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  ...for the Replies to the Objections. ________________________
THIRD ARTICLE [I-II, Q. 46, Art. 3]
Whether Anger Is in the Concupiscible Faculty?
Objection 1: It would seem that anger is in the concupiscible faculty. For Cicero says (De Quaest. Tusc. iv, 9) that anger is a kind of "desire." But desire is in the concupiscible faculty. Therefore anger is too.
Obj. 2: Further, Augustine says in his Rule, that "anger grows into hatred": and Cicero says (De Quaest. Tusc. iv, 9) that Hatred is inveterate anger.   " But hatred, like love, is a concupiscible passion. Therefore anger is in the concupiscible faculty.
Obj. 3: Further, Damascene (De Fide Orth. ii, 16) and Gregory of Nyssa [*Nemesius, De Nat. Hom. xxi.] say that "anger is made up of sorrow and desire." Both of these are in the concupiscible faculty. Therefore anger is a concupiscible passion.
_On the contrary,_ The concupiscible is distinct from the irascible faculty. If, therefore, anger were in the concupiscible power,...   Cicero, Marcus T.

Excerpt from Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition · This quote is about hatred · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.

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