| ### QUESTION 106 ### OF THANKFULNESS OR GRATITUDE ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider thankfulness or gratitude, and ingratitude. Concerning thankfulness there are six points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether thankfulness is a special virtue distinct from other virtues? #### (2) Who owes more thanks to God, the innocent or the penitent? #### (3) Whether man is always bound to give thanks for human favors? #### (4) Whether thanksgiving should be deferred? #### (5) Whether thanksgiving should be measured according to the favor received or the disposition of the giver? #### (6) Whether one ought to pay back more than one has received? ####  |