Tag: magnanimity
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Slapped Face of Honour or Reflections on Dignity, Insult, and Justice What is honour? It is individual justice, within and in honesty, it is your wisening conscience. True honour is moral force in moderation by honesty, that first aspect of reason necessary for the expansion of virtues, a flame that burns within the soul, unextinguished…
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There is a dangerous illusion that one can live a good life without ever facing struggle, and that this is somehow preferable to make it to the end of life with least amount of pain, rather than most amount of triumph. This belief suggests that if we simply avoid wrongdoing, we will automatically become virtuous.…
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How Punching Down Hurts All Now, let us cast our gaze upon a darker shadow in the realm of discourse: punching down. To punch down is to target the powerless, the vulnerable, or the nearly voiceless; those who have no say in the systems that govern their lives and who have most often been used…
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Divining the Stealing of Man Let us now turn our gaze to the virtues themselves, for they are the very lifeblood of this Structural Virtues Theory. Let us consider Magnanimity, the first virtue, which requires us to remember who we are through Awareness and Honesty. If we are immutable, then why bother with memory? Why…
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The Dawn of Magnanimity with Identity Under God Dear seeker of wisdom, let us embark on a journey into the heart of virtue; a voyage that begins with that most originating of the moralising beacons: Magnanimity. This is not merely an abstract or theoretical concept to be pondered from a distance; rather, it is a…
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How Does the Static Become Dynamic Goodness? There is a seductive allure to the idea that innocence is synonymous with goodness. After all, what could be more virtuous than being free from sin? To be innocent is to be uncorrupted, untainted by the stains of wrongdoing. Yet this view misunderstands the nature of virtue itself.…
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Unity in Oneness; Unending Mystery Imagine, if you will, an infinite expanse, a vast ocean of possibilities stretching endlessly in every direction. Within this boundless sea, countless currents swirl and eddy, each unique yet part of a greater flow. Now, picture a single drop infinitely small yet infinitely significant. This drop is Oneness, but then…
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The journey through Reason’s triple helix commences with Magnanimity, the first perfective virtue, which is to say it is the skill in reason to do with realistic self-image. This virtue springs from the moment of Awareness in Honesty, born of extended moderation in the Eros domain of Resurrexit phenomenology. It is here that individuals recognise…