Encyclopedia - Virtue: Encyclopedia - Virtue
(Greek αρετη; Latin virtus) Virtue is moral excellence of a man or a woman. The word is derived from the Greek arete (αρετη). A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtue: Encyclopedia Ii - Virtue - The Four Virtues
The four classic Western "cardinal" virtues are: prudence/wisdom justice fortitude/courage temperance The four classic Islamic "cardina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtue: Encyclopedia Ii - Virtue - Virtue And Vice
The opposite of a virtue is a vice. One way of organizing the vices is as the corruption of the virtues. Thus the cardinal vices would be...   » Read the article

Article - Inspirational Quotes: Truth Does Not Become More True By Virtue Of The Fact That The Entire World Agrees With It, Nor Less So Even If The Whole World Disagrees With It.
Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagr...   » Read the article

Article - Practising Affirmations: Contentment - The 'supreme Virtue'
Contentment means living to the fullest the good of every passing moment. Above all, it means living in the present moment, in the Ete...   » Read the article

Article - Jainism: Forgiveness Is A Virtue
Jains feel that the values like love, joy and peace can be achieved only through caring for others, understanding the pain of others and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cardinal Virtues: Encyclopedia - Cardinal Virtues
In the Christian church, there are four cardinal virtues. These are prudence, temperance, fortitude, and justice. These were derived init...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtues Of Ultima: Encyclopedia - Virtues Of Ultima
The Ultima series of computer role-playing games featured a Virtue system that the player was required to follow in the game as the Avata...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Virtues: Encyclopedia - Capital Virtues
The seven capital virtues oppose the seven capital sins and are not to be confused with the "cardinal virtues" of Catholic lore. Humility...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtue Ethics: Encyclopedia - Virtue Ethics
In philosophy, the phrase virtue ethics refers to ethical systems that focus primarily on what sort of person one should try to be. Thus,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtue Jurisprudence: Encyclopedia - Virtue Jurisprudence
In the philosophy of law, virtue jurisprudence is the name given to theories of law related to virtue ethics. By making the aretaic turn ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtue Epistemology: Encyclopedia - Virtue Epistemology
Virtue epistemology refers to any number of modern epistemological approaches which approach contemporary problems by means of the intell...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Civic Virtue: Encyclopedia - Civic Virtue
Civic virtue is the cultivation of habits of personal living that are claimed to be important for the success of the individual, the fami...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aretaic Turn: Encyclopedia - Aretaic Turn
The aretaic turn is a movement in contemporary moral philosophy and ethics to emphasize character and human excellence or virtue, as oppo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vice: Encyclopedia - Vice
Vice is the opposite of virtue. The modern English term that best captures its original meaning is the word vicious, which means "full of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Piety: Encyclopedia - Piety
Piety is a desire and willingness to perform religious duties. It is a traditional virtue because religion is the only known way to win t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odinic Rite: Encyclopedia - Odinic Rite
The Odinic Rite (OR) is a Germanic pagan reconstructivist society whose aims are to promote all aspects of Germanic paganism, termed Odin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stoicism: Encyclopedia - Stoicism
Stoicism is a school of philosophy founded (308 BC) in Athens by Zeno of Citium (Cyprus). It teaches self-control and detachment from dis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noble Eightfold Path: Encyclopedia - Noble Eightfold Path
The Noble Eightfold Path (Pali: ariya atthangika magga), according to Buddhism and as taught by Siddhartha Buddha, is the way to the cess...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tolerance: Encyclopedia - Tolerance
Tolerance is a social, cultural and religious term applied to the collective and individual practice of not persecuting those who may bel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cowardice: Encyclopedia - Cowardice
Cowardice is a vice that is conventionally viewed as the corruption of prudence. Cowardice may be considered to be prudence that does not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philo: Encyclopedia - Philo
Philo (20 BCE - 40 CE), known also as Philo of Alexandria and as Philo Judeaus, was a Hellenized Jewish philosopher born in Alexandria, E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hierarchy Of Angels: Encyclopedia - Hierarchy Of Angels
According to medieval Christian theologians, the Angels are organized into several orders, or Angelic Choirs. The most influential of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bushido: Encyclopedia - Bushido
Japanese samurai in armour, 1860s. Photograph by Felice Beato. Bushido (Japanese: 武士道; bushidō, "way of the warrior"), is a way of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Justice: Encyclopedia - Social Justice
Social Justice is a concept that has fascinated philosophers ever since Plato rebuked the young Sophist, Thrasymachus, for asserting that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtue: Encyclopedia Ii - Virtue - The Unity Of The Virtues
Classically, some philosophers, most notably Plato and Aristotle, said that in order to pursue any of these virtues perfectly, one would ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Virtue: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Virtue
Virtue   See "Merit and Virtue."    (See also: Virtue , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Virtues: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Virtues
Virtues Positive magickal properties of objects like herbs, stones, and creatures   (See also: Virtues , New Age Spirituality,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Virtues: Health And Healing Dictionary On Virtues
Virtues: Magical properties of objects like herbs, stones, and creatures as was assigned to them during their divine creation.  ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtue: Encyclopedia Ii - Virtue - Capital Vices And Virtues
The seven capital vices or seven deadly sins suggest a classification of vices and were enumerated by Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtues Of Ultima: Encyclopedia Ii - Virtues Of Ultima - The Gargoyle Virtues
The Virtues of the Gargoyles were first explored in detail in Ultima VI. The Gargoyles have three principles based on Order, and its oppo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Virtues: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Virtues
Virtues One degree in the celestial hierarchy of Dionysius the pseudo-Areopagite, whose doctrines, arising about the 4th or 5th centur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtues Of Ultima: Encyclopedia Ii - Virtues Of Ultima - The Eight Virtues
The Principles are combined to form the following Eight Virtues: Notes: Britain is the original town of Compassion, Cove is nearest the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtues Of Ultima: Encyclopedia Ii - Virtues Of Ultima - The Virtues Of Mandrake
The joyful Mandrake the bard, in Ultima VI, has his own set of three Principles, which also form eight Virtues. Eight of the virtues are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtues Of Ultima: Encyclopedia Ii - Virtues Of Ultima - The Ophidian Virtues
The Virtue system of the Ophidians, in Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle, is formed around the following three Principles: In the Ophidia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtues Of Ultima: Encyclopedia Ii - Virtues Of Ultima - Lord Blackthorn's Code Of Virtues
In Ultima V, Lord Blackthorn, the tyrant who ruled in Lord British's absence, codified the Britannian Virtues into a set of draconian law...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtue Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Virtue Ethics - Virtue Ethics Contrasted With Deontology And Consequentialism
The methods of virtue ethics are in contrast to the dominant methods in ethical philosophy, which focus on actions. For example, both Kan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Misfortunes Of Virtue: Encyclopedia Ii - The Misfortunes Of Virtue - Quote
A quotation from the last paragraph of the book: May you...be persuaded that true happiness lies in virtue alone and that, though God all...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Four Virtues: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Four Virtues
Four Virtues The four Nirvanic virtues: (1)  Eternity or permanence; (2)  Joy; (3)  Personality; (4)  Purity....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtue Jurisprudence: Encyclopedia Ii - Virtue Jurisprudence - Law And Virtue Outside The Western Tradition
The phrase "virtue jurisprudence" is usually applied in the context of contemporary Western philosophical thinking about law. There are, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ten Virtues: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Ten Virtues
Ten Virtues The virtuous modes of behavior, which are the positive counterparts to the Five Precepts.    (See also: Ten V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtue Jurisprudence: Encyclopedia Ii - Virtue Jurisprudence - Virtue As The Proper End Of Law
Aristotle argued that the inculcation of promotion of virtue was the proper end of law. Aquinas argued that true laws (which are rational...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Merit And Virtue: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Merit And Virtue
Merit and Virtue These two terms are sometimes used interchangeably. However, there is a crucial difference:   merits are the b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Misfortunes Of Virtue: Encyclopedia Ii - The Misfortunes Of Virtue - Plot
The plot concerns Justine, a young maiden who sets off, impecunious, to make her way in France. At every turn she is presented with vice ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intellectual Virtues: Encyclopedia Ii - Intellectual Virtues - Aristotle
Aristotle analyzed virtues into moral and intellectual virtues (dianoetic virtues, the Greek aretai dianoetikai). In the Posterior Analyt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtue Epistemology: Encyclopedia Ii - Virtue Epistemology - Partial Bibliogaphy For Virtue Epistemology
Aquino, Frederick D. Communities of Informed Judgment: Newman’s Illative Sense and Accounts of Rationality. Washington, D.C.: Catholic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtues Of Ultima: Encyclopedia Ii - Virtues Of Ultima - The Three Principles
The Eight Virtues explored in Ultima are based on Three Principles: These Principles are themselves derived from the Axiom of Infinity, w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cardinal Virtues: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Cardinal Virtues
Cardinal Virtues Also known as natural virtues, in Christian tradition, they are prudence, justice, temperance, and courage. Roman Cat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Civic Virtue: Encyclopedia Ii - Civic Virtue - The Idea Of Civic Virtue In The Western World
The inculcation of civic virtue has historically been a matter of chief concern for political philosophers under republican forms of gove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtue Jurisprudence: Encyclopedia Ii - Virtue Jurisprudence - Aretaic Theories Of Judging
Virtue jurisprudence - The judicial virtues. The most developed aspect of virtue jurisprudence is its distinctive theory of judging. A ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ten Pythagorean Virtues: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Ten Pythagorean Virtues
Ten Pythagorean Virtues. Virtues of Initiation, &c., necessary before admission. (See " Pythagoras ".) They are identic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Objectivist Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Objectivist Ethics - Virtue
In Objectivist parlance, a "virtue" is any act by which one gains or keeps a value. It is in this sense of the word that Objectivism spea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philo: Encyclopedia Ii - Philo - Views On Virtue
Philo holds that good moral endowment takes precedence of teaching and practise. Virtue here is not the result of hard labor, but is the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Holy Light: Encyclopedia Ii - Holy Light - The Three Virtues
The philosophy of the Holy Light boils down to the three teachings, called the Three Virtues. These virtues - respect, tenacity and compa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stoicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Stoicism - Stoic Ethics And Virtues
The ancient Stoics are often misunderstood because the terms they used meant different things in the past than they do today. The word st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stoicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Stoicism - Stoic Ethics And Virtues
The ancient Stoics are often misunderstood because the terms they used meant different things in the past than they do today. The word st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odinic Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Odinic Rite - Nine Noble Virtues
The Nine Noble Virtues are the ethical code gleaned from various sources including the Poetic Edda (particularly the Hávamál), the Icel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Britannia Ultima: Encyclopedia Ii - Britannia Ultima - Legend For Virtue Notations
Italic = Virtue Bold Italic = Principle (Truth, Love, Courage) See Also: Virtues of Ultima ... See also:Britannia Ultima, Britannia Ult...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Ethics - Altruistic Virtues
Honesty and truthfulness are absolutely prerequisite. Stealing, flattery, falsehood, perjury and false swearing, oppression, even if only...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noble Eightfold Path: Encyclopedia Ii - Noble Eightfold Path - Virtue Ethical Conduct
(sila) 3. Right Speech - samma vaca "And what is right speech? Abstaining from lying, abstaining from divisive speech, abstaining from ab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aretaic Turn: Encyclopedia Ii - Aretaic Turn - The Aretaic Turn In Moral Philosophy
In moral philosophy, the phrase aretaic turn refers to the renewed emphasis on human excellence or virtue in moral theory and ethics. One...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicomachean Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicomachean Ethics - Overview
Nicomachean Ethics - General Ethics. PP Nic.+Eth.1094a Aristotle's ethics is often called teleological or goal-directed. According to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vice: Encyclopedia Ii - Vice - Popular Usage
The term vice is also popularly applied to various activities considered immoral by some; a list of these might include the use of alcoho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odinic Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Odinic Rite - Nine Charges
The Nine Charges are, like the Nine Noble Virtues, codified by the Odinic Rite in the 1970's. The charges are: To maintain candour and f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Faerie Queene: Encyclopedia Ii - The Faerie Queene - Allegorical Characters
Important allegorical figures include Una, who symbolizes the true Protestant religion; the evil Duessa, who represents Roman Catholicism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stoicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Stoicism - Quotations
Collection of various Stoic quotes: Epictetus: “Wherever I go, it will be well with me.” "When I see a man in a state of anxiety, I ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stoicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Stoicism - Quotations
Collection of various Stoic quotes: Epictetus: “Wherever I go, it will be well with me.” "When I see a man in a state of anxiety, I ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odinic Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Odinic Rite - Structure And Beliefs
The OR has chapters in France (ORF), Australia (1995), [1] and North America (ORV, 1997) and individual members spread over many other co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Faerie Queene: Encyclopedia Ii - The Faerie Queene - Politics And The Poem
The poem found political favour with Elizabeth I and was consequently very successful, to the extent of far overshadowing Spenser's other...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethics In The Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethics In The Bible - Selected Ethical Theories Contrasted With The Bible
Ethics in the Bible - Aristotle / Virtue ethics. Aristotle in his ethical works focuses on virtues--i.e. laudible characteristics which...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philo: Encyclopedia Ii - Philo - Ethics
The soul is first aroused by the stimuli of sensual pleasures; it begins to turn toward them, and then becomes more and more involved. It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philo: Encyclopedia Ii - Philo - Anthropology
Philo regards the physical nature of man as something defective and as an obstacle to his development that can never be fully surmounted,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Objectivist Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Objectivist Ethics - Emergency Situations
However, actions taken under threat of physical force are considered immune from moral judgment, as they occur in a special type of "emer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hierarchy Of Angels: Encyclopedia Ii - Hierarchy Of Angels - Second Sphere
Angels of the Second Sphere work as heavenly governors. Hierarchy of angels - Dominions. The Dominions, also known as the Hashmallim, h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Objectivist Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Objectivist Ethics - Metaethics
The Objectivist ethic begins with a meta-ethical question: why do human beings need a code of values? The Objectivist answer is that huma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Objectivist Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Objectivist Ethics - Rejection Of Altruism
Objectivism rejects as immoral any action taken for some other ultimate purpose. In particular it rejects as immoral any variant of what ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Objectivist Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Objectivist Ethics - Non-initiation Of Force Principle
This claim is the one on which the Objectivist political theory is largely founded. On the premise that no such conflicts are possible an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Objectivist Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Objectivist Ethics - Values
Since operating at the conceptual level remains volitional for the duration of one's life, Objectivism holds, human beings require a code...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Ethics - Peace And Hatred
Peace is everywhere recommended, and urged as the highest boon of man (Midrash Numbers Rabbah xi.; Talmud Pesachim i. 1.) Hatred, quarrel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Ethics - Jewish Family Ethics
Great stress is laid on reverence for parents. Central to society is the nuclear family. Its head is the father; yet the mother as his eq...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinesh D'souza: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinesh D'souza - Career
D'Souza is the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He served previously as senior domestic policy analyst in Rona...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Holy Light: Encyclopedia Ii - Holy Light - Worship Of The Light
Lordaeron was the home of the Church of the Light, influencing both Lordaeron and Quel'Thalas with its teachings. The Church birthed the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethics - Ethics By Cases
A common approach in applied ethics is to deal with individual issues on a case-by-case basis. Casuistry is one such application of case-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odinic Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Odinic Rite - History
Odinic Rite - White Horse Stone Incident. ... See also:Odinic Rite, Odinic Rite - History, Odinic Rite - White Horse Stone Incident, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bushido: Encyclopedia Ii - Bushido - History
In the year 1256 CE, the Shogunal Deputy in Kyoto, Hojo Shigetoki (1198-1261 CE) wrote a letter to his son and house elders of his clan....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bushido: Encyclopedia Ii - Bushido - History
"One should have restraint and deep sympathy in all things." In the year 1256, the Shogunal Deputy in Kyoto, Hojo Shigetoki (1198-1261) w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ultima Vii: Encyclopedia Ii - Ultima Vii - Part One: The Black Gate
In Ultima VII: The Black Gate (1992), two centuries have passed since the Gargoyle threat was solved and the Avatar is suddenly whisked i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Storyteller System: Encyclopedia Ii - Storyteller System - Making Characters
Storyteller System characters are built with points that represent a Dot on their character sheets. Each Dot represents a ten-sided (d10)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Ethics - Prophetic Ethics
The Biblical prophets exhort all people to lead a righteous life. The ritual elements and sacerdotal institutions incidental to Israel's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ultima Vii: Encyclopedia Ii - Ultima Vii - Technical Issues
Both parts of Ultima VII used a non-standard DOS memory management extension, called Voodoo Memory Manager. This was not a typical "DOS e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ultima Vii: Encyclopedia Ii - Ultima Vii - Super Nintendo Version
FCI / Pony Canyon published the SNES version of Ultima VII, simply titled Ultima: The Black Gate, which was created by a small team insid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ultima Vii: Encyclopedia Ii - Ultima Vii - Part Two: Serpent Isle
Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle was released in 1993. While the Avatar destroys the Black Moongate that the Guardian was coming through...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stoicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Stoicism - History
Stoicism first appeared in Athens in the Hellenistic period around 301 BC and was introduced by Zeno of Citium. He taught in the famous s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stoicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Stoicism - History
Stoicism first appeared in Athens in the Hellenistic period around 301 BC and was introduced by Zeno of Citium. He taught in the famous s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tolerance: Encyclopedia Ii - Tolerance - Politics And Religion
Historically, political and religious tolerance have been the most important aspects of tolerance, since differences of political and rel...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Standing Dreams Symbol: Christian Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Standing
Standing: Incomplete task; virtue; standing on or committed to a point of view or belief. (Acts 7:55-56; Heb. 10:11; Eph. 6:13)  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - City Dreams Symbol: Christian Dream Interpretation Dictionary - City
City: Characteristics of what the city in the dream is known for; the church; the nature and virtue or lack of in a person; New Jerusa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Grandchild Dreams Symbol: Christian Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Grandchild
Grandchild: Inherited blessing or iniquity; one's spiritual heritage; actual grandchild; ministry that came from someone who came out ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dragons Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Dragons
Dragon Traditions of Myth in East & West From Dragonorama   Dragons have a deeply rooted connotation in Western culture assoc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sun Dreams Symbol: Christian Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Sun
Sun: The glory of Jesus; connected to moon and stars; fiery; God; Light and truth; virtue; physical and mental suffering; torment at t...   » Read the article