Tag: temperance
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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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Innocence in Misunderstanding Temptation’s Paradoxes Paradoxically, coming to understand temptation is one element in the humbling yet empowering recognition process of self through virtues earned in discourse. Without the discourse, this value is lost, however, because all must be funnelled through it for growth of emboldened progressive virtues. This process is lost for the majority…
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Unbreakable Bonds of Virtuous Loyalty as Defined within Triple Helix Formation Loyalty, the fourth virtue, evolves naturally from ordered pride and budding mastery in the moments of the Honesty aspect in Reason. Loyalty, as a virtue skill, can often prove very hard won, especially these days when trusting people are liable to be burned a…
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Understanding Temperance: The Balance of Pride Temperance evolves out of a certain moral comfort in identity, ordering pride to evoke more measured responses to change. It is a humility born of self-knowledge, a balance achieved through Honesty’s Propriety moment. This virtue measures the world and the self, increasing order through pride in that equilibrium in…