Summa Theologiae by St Thomas Aquinas
SS: Treatise On Fortitude And Temperance
Q168 Of Modesty As Consisting In The Outward Movements Of The Body
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We must next consider modesty as consisting in the outward movements of the body, and under this head there are four points of inquiry:

A1 Whether there can be virtue and vice in the outward movements of the body that are done seriously?

A2 Whether there can be a virtue about playful actions?

A3 Of the sin consisting in excess of play;

A4 Of the sin consisting in lack of play.

 
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