Veritas et Virtus

So, we’ve all got our “chicken”—the good thing that, like Brother Reynard the Fox, we are prone to indulge in, to enjoy too much.  And one way to avoid such indulgence is to refrain from these things entirely.  But that is...

You may recall that we’re considering the virtue of Temperance this week.  On Monday, we heard the story of the Fox who ate too much chicken and couldn’t squeeze back out of the henhouse.  But, it would be a mistake...

The last of the four earthly or cardinal virtues is that of Temperance, which we will consider this week.   According to Thomas Aquinas, “Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.”  An old fable may help...

So, this week we’ve learned that David had genuine Fortitude, real courage, not because the battle with Goliath turned out well for him, but because David’s bravery had a reason—his unique experience fighting lions and bears—and his cause was right—he...

We’ve been considering the virtue of fortitude this week, in light of the story of David and Goliath.  On Monday, we wondered: What if David had lost? Well, let’s change the story again.  What if David was the Philistine and...

Yesterday we asked, what if David had lost to Goliath?  Well, don’t forget, King Saul assumed that David would lose.  That’s why he told him, “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are...

This week, we’ll consider the virtue of Fortitude, also sometimes referred to as courage.  Plato called it “the principle of not fleeing danger, but meeting it.”  Aristotle described it as the mean, between cowardice and recklessness. One of the greatest...