Human virtues acquired by education, by deliberate acts and by a perseverance ever-renewed in repeated efforts are purified and elevated by divine grace. With God's help, they forge character and give facility in the practice of the good. The virtuous man is happy to practice them. It is n...
The four pillars of Stoicism are prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance. If you’re tempted to reframe these as “wisdom, morality, courage and moderation,” you’re only half-right. Prudence is the application of wisdom. It is moral to be just, but justice is not morality. Fortitude ...
As a final thought, note that this sort of situation calls for the application of all four cardinal virtues: the courage to stand up to your boss’ unethical demands; a sense of justice that allows you to recognize that you are not playing your cosmopolitan role to your best; temperance in...
Justice, the last and greatest of the four cardinal virtues, took place, according to this system, when each of those three faculties of the mind confined itself to its proper office, without attempting to encroach upon that of any other; when reason directed and passion obeyed, and when e...
The four cardinal virtues (excellent characteristics) are: Practical wisdom – what one ought to do and ought not to do. Temperance – things to be chosen and things to be avoided. Justice – the distribution of what is due to each person. ...
Keep the four virtues of Stoicism in mind at all times with this Stoic Virtues Coin. It is the perfect way to stay stoic during your day, worth carrying with you every day, into every decision. A lot of passion went into designing these two new coins. Each element has been well thought...
Genesis 1:1 was composed of seven Hebrew words containing a total of 28 letters. Throughout the Bible the number seven appears repeatedly as a symbol of divine perfection – the 7 days of creation In Christian tradition, the seven heavenly virtues combine the four cardinal virtues of prudence,...
The Seven are a jury-rigged combination of the four "pagan" or "cardinal" virtues (courage, temperance, justice, and prudence) and the three "Christian" or "theological" virtues (faith, hope, and love, these three abide). Jury-rigged or not, they are a pretty good philosophical ...
investigating the two theoretical pillars of Stoicism, i.e., the notions of “living according to nature” and “the dichotomy of control”, we have also shown the Stoic way of desire management, with particular focus on Epictetus’s “three disciplines” and Seneca’s “four cardinal virtues...
I’m so glad you brought that up because indignation at injustice, a sense of injustice, those are positive emotions. The Stoics believed that good character is made of the practice of four fundamental virtues, we call them the cardinal virtues. One of those virtues is justice, and yes, a...