In sum, intellectual virtues are personality traits that a person who desires the truth would want to have.
That's exactly what ministers tell people baptized or desiring the truth, to be open to the Word of God.
He is honest, independent, and has a love of data and a deep desire for the truth.
Of Go Tell It on the Mountain he writes: "The subject is the flesh itself and sexual longing, and how close to treachery lies desire, how the truth of the body differs from the lies of the mind.
Although there was nothing original in these opinions, Pascal nevertheless stamped them with the passionate conviction of a man in love with the absolute, of a man who saw no salvation apart from a heartfelt desire for the truth, together with a love of God that works continually toward destroying all self-love.
To be conscientious in this sense is to be motivated to arrive at truth and to avoid error; it is to have an appropriate desire for the truth.
Traffic to the site in February 2014 neared 2.2 million visitors solely from the U.S. Quora's global success can be attributed to several factors, but much of its focus is on our culture's insatiable desire for the truth.
Some sections of the press, however, were more sympathetic; The Pall Mall Gazette thought the summing up to be justified, while The Daily Telegraph thought Coleridge's summary to have been "nobly comprehensive and eloquent ... he fulfilled his duty perfectly, displaying nothing but impartial desire for the truth".
"The subject desires flattery, the viewer desires truth, the photographer must decide what each means," tweeted photographer Clayton Cubitt.
It said that the scientists acted honestly and with a genuine desire to report the truth.
