Summa Theologiae by St Thomas Aquinas
FS: Treatise On The Passions
Q36 Of The Causes Of Sorrow Or Pain
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We must now consider the causes of sorrow: under which head there are four points of inquiry:

A1 Whether sorrow is caused by the loss of a good or rather by the presence of an evil?

A2 Whether desire is a cause of sorrow?

A3 Whether the craving for unity is a cause of sorrow?

A4 Whether an irresistible power is a cause of sorrow?

 
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