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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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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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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…
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Redirect Your Anger The first domain of Kratos rules, in rejections and acceptances, is where we lay down our foundational stones upon which a virtuous life may be built. We choose what to uphold and what to cast aside, shaping our moral landscape like an architect designing a grand cathedral. For what happens when that…
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Sin and Error; Most Outwardly Amnesis The sin of Amnesis is a dreadful forgetting eroding all virtues into nothingness, so it becomes much more than some personal failing; it is the rot at the heart of all failures in civilisation. Most horrible of all forgetfulness is in our godly purpose. The erosion of history’s lessons,…
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A Christian Philosopher Watches The Godfather There exists a profound confusion in this age of noise regarding greatness. We tend to equate importance with stature: a towering building, a commanding voice, or an unquestioned position. Something within each of us admires the one who sits highest upon the mountain, yet they more often remain blinded…
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Proper Humility Against Conceit Beloved warrior in Christ, let us now confront the most dangerous enemy of all: our own damnable arrogance, that one of three aspects of materiality entitled Conceit in Structural Virtues Theory (SVT). This sin, more than any other, threatens to shatter the fragile bridge between man and God. In SVT, arrogance…
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Balancing Pride and Humility Fight against pride’s perils, the armour padding of Temperance brings full value to Magnanimity and Honour. Like Conservation and Excellence, Temperance in the Propriety moment enables the work of the virtues in Awareness and Morality moments. In the case of Temperance, it enables comfort in the armoured boots of Magnanimity, and…