Virtues Theory
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Envy’s Descent into Spiritual Poverty This demonstration of Resurrexit Spiritus and Structural Virtues Theory (RS & SVT) comes with a disclaimer: Amadeus (1984) contains nudity and crass humour, though more than this it is not historically accurate. I am not writing to critique the accuracy, though. Suffice to say, Mozart was never such a scoundrel…
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Excellence, the Price for a Taste of Freedom in Patience In the third domain of Resurrexit Spiritus (RS), Eros, where relationships are forged through mutual trust or exploited in trade for illusions of power; the error of Dependence is a corrosive force on both sides. To be clear, this has nothing to do with childhood,…
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Greed, Dependence, and the Quest for Meaning in a World of Illusions In the first domain of Resurrexit Spiritus (RS), Kratos, societies and individuals define themselves through the acceptance or rejection of rules. In Rain Man (1988), this is figured in Charlie Babbitt and his practice of manipulating systems, a system of rules exploiting rules…
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Greed, Dependence, and Envy Aborting Rather Than Prudence and Ethics Birthing Truth In the first domain of RS, Kratos, societies define themselves through the acceptance or rejection of rules, and the powers these rules have, especially when it comes to balance in the other proceeding domains. In There Will Be Blood (2007), this is embodied…
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Man is the image of God, most of all internally reflective. The giving of the Son is mirrored in man’s internal reflection upon past deeds, the product of sins being the prodigal necessity (everyone is prodigal, “baptised” in the material from birth) in finding purpose through the reconsideration of errors by seeking repentance, leading ultimately…
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Silent Machinery of Control Through Sin: A Structural Virtues Theory Exploration of Spotlight (2015)
How Corruption Binds Us Who can see through the veil of power maintenance, and its delayed Justice? Spotlight, the 2015 film portraying the heart-wrenching true story of institutionalised child abuse, is a chronicle of just such heroics; it is a mirror held up to the rotting corpse of these institutions that abuse the name of…
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Structural Virtues Theory Reflection What could frighten a man who comprehends that nothing in this life is his, not even himself? The answer is simply the furthering of misalignment between action and truth, dissonance guaranteed to quake the architecture of all virtues. Fear in such a soul is born of loss in unreconciled potential. When…
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Procrastination as Thief of Justice: A Structural Virtues Theory Review I would like to preface this review by saying I thought the filmmakers could have done parts of this film differently and much classier. Due to its crudeness, I cannot recommend watching this movie with anyone, especially someone sensitive, impressionable, or young. In the shadow…
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The Tyranny of Certainty: How Absolutism Distorts the Soul’s Path to Justice The 1950 film Rashomon, directed by Akira Kurosawa, is a masterful exploration of the human soul’s deepest contradictions. I’ve been a big fan of Kurosawa since discovering his work as a teenager, however this is one which took time and experience to fully…
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The Weight of Inaction: Cowardice as the Most Foundational Sin and the Last to be Conquered in Materiality Hamlet, whatever version you wish to watch, is a clear mirror held to the human soul’s deepest struggles, revealing how the sin of Cowardice, rooted in the Fear moment of the Confusion aspect, paralyses action and distorts…