Sentence examples for master virtue from inspiring English sources
The master virtue, justice, is each part doing its function and not interfering with that of another (441d-e; 443d).
Judgment, or thoughtfulness, was the master virtue for Aristotle from whose exercise comes an appreciation for those other virtues: honesty, cooperation, toleration, and respect.
And the master virtue of bringing practical reasonableness into all one's deliberations, choices, and carrying out of choices — the virtue of prudentia, a virtue both intellectual (of one's intelligence) and moral (of one's whole will and character) — is part of the definition, content, and influence of every other moral virtue: ST I-II q. 65 a. 1, q. 66 a. 3 ad 3, etc.
Self-control has been called the "master virtue" by clinical and social psychologists, suggesting that the ability to delay gratification plays a critical role in a person's overall psychological adjustment.
But her show, called "No Simple Matter," is a triumph that could have been a disaster, a paragon of old-master virtue jumping on the make-it-new bandwagon.
Franklin admitted that he could never master the virtue of humility.
Alcibiades could not practice his master's virtues, and his example of undisciplined and restless ambition strengthened the charge brought against Socrates in 399 of corrupting the youth of Athens.
Guan will play the final 36 holes of the 77th Masters by virtue of lying within 10 shots of the leader, Jason Day, at the close of play on Friday.
This features a female Ariel who follows Prospero back to Milan, and a Caliban who leads a coup against Prospero, after the success of which he actively imitates his former master's virtues.
To reform all humanity and eradicate all human vice and unhappiness seemed plausible enough to us at the time, just as it seemed an easy and uncomplicated matter to reform ourselves, to master all virtues and be happy..
According to him, Tiepolo (1696-1770) was a master of sprezzatura, a virtue much prized in the Renaissance courtier.
