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Kid Berwyn

(14,653 posts)
Fri Nov 29, 2019, 12:36 PM Nov 2019

13 Virtues

You don’t need an Article II to recognize characteristics We the People now miss in the Chief Executive.



The highest virtue, according to Aristotle, was Intellectual Contemplation. In addition, the following 12 virtues also can be attributed to Aristotle:

1) Courage – bravery and valor

2) Temperance – self-control and restraint

3) Liberality – bigheartness, charity and generosity

4) Magnificence – radiance, joie de vivre

5) Pride – self-satisfaction

6) Honor – respect, reverence, admiration

7) Good Temper – equanimity, level headedness

8) Friendliness – conviviality and sociability

9) Truthfulness – straightforwardness, frankness and candor

10) Wit – sense of humor – meaninglessness and absurdity

11) Friendship – camaraderie and companionship

12) Justice – impartiality, evenhandedness and fairness

Source: Victoria Rayner

https://aesthetichealingmindset.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/4706/
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13 Virtues (Original Post) Kid Berwyn Nov 2019 OP
oh my, handmade34 Nov 2019 #1
Contrastic Kid Berwyn Nov 2019 #5
Interesting that pride is listed here as a virtue, smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #2
To my understanding, it's FALSE PRIDE that is sinful. Genuine/valid pride is not. Besides, abqtommy Nov 2019 #3
I take it to mean things like pride in work well done, not in accomplishments or possessions. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2019 #4
Guilty as charged. Kid Berwyn Nov 2019 #6
God, that just makes me want to vomit. smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #7
Arc Vomit Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #11
Yes but was the original author of these virtues Christian? uriel1972 Nov 2019 #8
The Greek ideas of what 'virtue' was is different than our modern concepts... Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #9
Yes, that makes sense. smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #10

Kid Berwyn

(14,653 posts)
5. Contrastic
Sat Nov 30, 2019, 07:09 PM
Nov 2019

Let’s see. Rembrandt’s depiction of Aristotle contemplating upon a bust of Homer or...



The highest virtue, according to Aristotle, was Intellectual Contemplation (Fabric Swatches). In addition, the following 12 virtues also can be attributed to Aristotle:

1) Courage – bravery and valor vs Bone Spurs

2) Temperance – self-control and restraint vs Stormy Daniels

3) Liberality – bigheartness, charity and generosity vs Tax Jamboree for Billionaires

4) Magnificence – radiance, joie de vivre vs Mocking the Disabled

5) Pride – self-satisfaction vs Bragging about Bankrupting a Casino

6) Honor – respect, reverence, admiration vs Inviting Our Nation’s Enemies to Settle Elections

7) Good Temper – equanimity, level headedness vs Calling for Violence and Incarceration toward Journalists

8) Friendliness – conviviality and sociability vs No One Volunteered to Mention Pee-resident Had Toilet Paper Stuck to Shoe as He Climbed Stairs to Air Force One

9) Truthfulness – straightforwardness, frankness and candor vs LOLOL

10) Wit – sense of humor – meaninglessness and absurdity vs Military School of the Catskills 2nd Class

11) Friendship – camaraderie and companionship vs Putin, Muhammad Bin Salman, Netanyahu, Kim, Duterte, Bolsonaro, etc etc etc.

12) Justice – impartiality, evenhandedness and fairness vs Witch Hunting with Barr and Rudy

No wonder comparisons are odious, thy name is Trump.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
2. Interesting that pride is listed here as a virtue,
Fri Nov 29, 2019, 01:24 PM
Nov 2019

But is also noted by Christians as one of the seven deadly sins.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
3. To my understanding, it's FALSE PRIDE that is sinful. Genuine/valid pride is not. Besides,
Fri Nov 29, 2019, 02:29 PM
Nov 2019

Aristotle lived in a society whose basis was slavery, so he had a lot of free time for contemplation.
note: cultures in ancient India, Sumeria and Egypt were also based on slavery. The Sumerians wrote the how-to guide for all other nations and that guide is still being used today.

Wounded Bear

(58,442 posts)
9. The Greek ideas of what 'virtue' was is different than our modern concepts...
Sat Nov 30, 2019, 09:59 PM
Nov 2019

As has been explained above, "pride" was more about actual accomplishments.

What the Christians see as "bad" pride the Greeks called hubris, which is more accurately described as taking on god-like affectations.

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