Whether the character be subjected in the powers of the soul?

❌ Objection 1 : It seems that the character is not subjected in the powers of the soul. For a character is said to be a disposition to grace. But grace is subjected in the essence of the soul as we have stated in the FS, Question [110], Article [4]. Therefore it seems that the character is in the essence of the soul and not in the powers.

❌ Objection 2 : Further, a power of the soul does not seem to be the subject of anything save habit and disposition. But a character, as stated above (Article [2]), is neither habit nor disposition, but rather a power: the subject of which is nothing else than the essence of the soul. Therefore it seems that the character is not subjected in a power of the soul, but rather in its essence.

❌ Objection 3 : Further, the powers of the soul are divided into those of knowledge and those of appetite. But it cannot be said that a character is only in a cognitive power, nor, again, only in an appetitive power: since it is neither ordained to knowledge only, nor to desire only. Likewise, neither can it be said to be in both, because the same accident cannot be in several subjects. Therefore it seems that a character is not subjected in a power of the soul, but rather in the essence.