The phrase "abstract virtues" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing qualities or principles that are not tangible but are considered morally good or desirable.
Example: "In her philosophy, she emphasized the importance of abstract virtues such as justice and compassion."
Alternatives: "intangible values" or "conceptual morals".
These heroes are not allegorical representations of abstract virtues, but are living human beings with imagination, character and free will; but what moves them is a passion for an aspect of our ethical life, an aspect that is supported and promoted by a god.
Not by chance, in a little-explored field like the study of minerals, the most significant contributions came from self-described "men without letters" (meaning not Latinate), such as Leonardo da Vinci (1452 1519) and the potter Bernard Palissy (1510 1589), who identified fossils as the result of organic processes rather than abstract virtues.
Adapted from Veronica Roth's bestselling novel, it stars Shailene Woodley as Beatrice, a 16-year-old girl trying to find her place in a world seemingly modelled on a series of giant frat houses, each named after an abstract virtue or noun.
On the other hand, the virtues of abstract painting – one of the few things art historians and interior designers can agree about – are much in evidence.
The only difference emerges from their respective truth makers: mathematical statements are true in virtue of abstract (mathematical) objects and relations among them, whereas scientific statements are ultimately true in virtue of concrete objects and the corresponding relations among such objects.
It's a fascinating study in the better angels of our nature, and Press (convincingly) concludes that the key factors are rarely high virtue and abstract principle, but much more often mundane human experience, such as being unable to ignore the face in front of you.
On these appeared personifications of the Christian cardinal virtues and other abstract ideas, such as truth, justice, wisdom, hope, and faith.
In his living room, that would be the quartet of four deep-red abstract photographs, titled "The Cardinal Virtues," by Harriet Leibowitz, a local artist he likes.
Such bearers of value are valuable in virtue of the abstract value or values they instantiate or display (so, for example, an institution might be valuable in virtue of the liberty or equality that it engenders or embodies).
The idea is not to encourage "virtue" in the abstract, just to divert more household waste to recycling bins.The big society can be hard to grasp at times.
But, again, it is not in virtue of being abstract, i.e. non-spatiotemporal and causally inert, that sets violate Goodman's principle on composition.
