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 QUESTION XXVI. OF THE PASSIONS OF THE SOUL IN PARTICULAR, AND FIRST, OF LOVE. {In Four Articles.) We have now to consider the soul's passions in particular, and (i) the passions of the concupiscence faculty; (2) the passions of the irascible faculty. The first of these considerations will be threefold; since we shall consider (i) Love and hatred; (2) Desire and aversion; (3) Pleasure and sadness. Concerning love, three points must be considered : (i) Love itself; (2) The cause of love; (3) The effects of love. Under the first head there are four points of inquiry: (i) Whether love is in the concupiscence power ? (2) Whether love, is a passion ? (3) Whether love is the same as direction ? (4) Whether love is properly divided into love of friendship, and love of concupiscence ? First Article ? whether love is in the concupiscence power ? We proceed thus to the First Article : — Objection i. It seems that love is not in the concupiscence power. For it is written (Wis. viii. 2) : Her, namely, wisdom, have I loved, and have sought her out from my youth. But the concupiscence power, being a part of the sensitive app- rite, cannot tend to wisdom, which is not apprehended by the senses. Therefore love is not in the concupiscence power. Oh. 2. Further, love seems to be identified with every passion: for Augustine says (DE Riv. Devi xiv.): Love, yearn-