It is a dispassionate virtuous love, a concept developed byAristotle. It includes loyalty to friends, family, and community, and requires virtue, equality and familiarity. In ancient texts,philosdenoted a general type of love, used for love between family, between friends, a desire or enjoyment...
1.in a wide sense,upright, righteous, virtuous, keeping the commands of God; a.universally:Matthew 1:19(the meaning is, it was not consistent with his uprightness to expose his betrothed to public reproach);Matthew 10:41;Matthew 13:43, 49;Matthew 23:28;Matthew 25:37, 46;Luke 1:6, 1...
But Dike (Righteousness) shines in smoke-begrimed dwellings and esteems the virtuous man. From gilded mansions, where men's hands are foul, she departs with averted eyes and makes her way to pure homes; she does not worship the power of wealth stamped counterfeit by the praise of men, ...
The presence of Macaria in the underworld pantheon may have served as a comforting reminder to mortals that death was not always something to be feared. For those who had lived virtuous lives and upheld their duties to the gods, family, and community, the prospect of a blessed afterlife under...
Meaning: An excellent woman who’s moral and virtuous Variations/Synonyms: Arriety, Arytha, Arethra, Areta, Aretta, or Areetha Description: Parents might favor Aretha because of its nice meaning, while others use the name to honor their favorite stars, such as singer Aretha Franklin. Ariadne...
Cultural and Historical Background:In ancient Greek culture, friendship was highly valued and considered a vital part of social life. Philosophers like Aristotle discussed friendship as a key component of a virtuous and fulfilling life. In the context of the New Testament, "philos" reflects the cl...
live virtuously:--well doing. 2570 kaloVkaloskal-os' of uncertain affinity; properly, beautiful, but chiefly (figuratively) good (literally or morally), i.e. valuable or virtuous (for appearance or use, and thus distinguished from agaqoV - agathos 18, which is properly intrinsic):--X ...
Orthodox and virtuous patriarchs were the victims of wicked emperors, while immoral or heretical ones were cast out by orthodox emperors. But it was always a matter of politics, and the Church was merely a pawn in the despotic hands of the State. This condition has been happily described ...
The spectacle of a virtuous person suffering unjustly would be abhorrent, Aristotle writes, as the punishment of an immoral character would be pleasing to the spectator and thus untragic. Like Oedipus, the proper tragic hero should be of average moral stature: The downfall of such a person ...
Beautiful Anteia the wife of Proitos was striken with passion to lie in love with him, and yet she could not beguile valiant Bellerophones, whose will was virtuous. So she went to Proitos the king and uttered her falsehood : "Would you be killed, o Proitos? Then murder Bellerophontes...