cardinal virtues
1 Cardinal Virtues — • The four principal virtues upon which the rest of the moral virtues turn or are hinged Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Cardinal Virtues Cardinal Virtues …
2 Cardinal virtues — Cardinal Car di*nal, a. [L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hinge of a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F. cardinal.] Of fundamental importance; pre[ e]minent; superior; chief; principal. [1913 Webster] The cardinal intersections of… …
3 cardinal virtues — n. the basic virtues of ancient Greek philosophy; justice, prudence, fortitude, and temperance: see also THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES * * * …
4 cardinal virtues — n. the basic virtues of ancient Greek philosophy; justice, prudence, fortitude, and temperance: see also THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES …
5 cardinal virtues — cardinal virtues, prudence, fortitude, temperance, and justice. They were considered by the ancient philosophers to be the basic qualities of a good character. Faith, hope, and charity, which are known as the theological virtues, are often… …
6 Cardinal virtues — Part of a series on St. Thomas Aquinas …
7 Cardinal virtues — Virtue Vir tue (?; 135), n. [OE. vertu, F. vertu, L. virtus strength, courage, excellence, virtue, fr. vir a man. See {Virile}, and cf. {Virtu}.] 1. Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] Built too… …
8 cardinal virtues — The Platonic cardinal virtues are courage, temperance, wisdom, and justice …
9 CARDINAL VIRTUES — these have been arranged by the wisest men of all time, under four general heads, and are defined by Ruskin as Prudence or Discretion (the spirit which discerns and adopts rightly), Justice (the spirit which rules and divides rightly),… …
10 Cardinal Virtues — See Virtues, The Cardinal …
11 cardinal virtues — The word cardinal (from the Latin cardo, meaning hinge or pivot ) is used to describe the four pivotal or major virtues: prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. (See CCC 1805) …
12 cardinal virtues — noun The four virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. But whatever is virtuous arises from some one of those four divisions: for it consists either in sagacity and the perception of truth [prudence]; or in the preservation of… …
13 cardinal virtues — Prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude …
14 Cardinal Virtues — Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude and Justice …
15 cardinal virtues — Кардинальные добродетели …
16 cardinal virtues — /kadənəl ˈvɜtʃuz/ (say kahduhnuhl verchoohz) plural noun 1. the most important elements of good character. 2. Scholastic Philosophy justice, prudence, temperance, and fortitude; sometimes also faith, hope, and charity …
17 Plato's Four Cardinal Virtues — Plato describes the four cardinal virtues in The Republic to be:* Wisdom (calculative) see the whole * Courage (spirited) preserve the whole * Moderation (appetitive) serve the whole * Justice (founding/preserving virtue) mind your own business… …
18 The Cardinal Virtues — Infobox Painting| title=The Cardinal Virtues artist=Raphael year=1511 type=fresco height=? width=660 city=Vatican City museum=Apostolic Palace The Cardinal Virtues is a painting by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted in 1511 as …
19 the cardinal virtues — see under ↑cardinal • • • Main Entry: ↑virtue …
20 Cardinal — Car di*nal, a. [L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hinge of a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F. cardinal.] Of fundamental importance; pre[ e]minent; superior; chief; principal. [1913 Webster] The cardinal intersections of the zodiac …
