4 cardinal virtues aristotle biography

Theological virtues

Virtues are context appropriate means (the golden mean) between an excess and a deficit with respect to some action or emotion.
4 cardinal virtues aristotle biography

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However, there are 7 cardinal virtues in the Bible (Faith, Hope, and Love), and the 4 you present are the Plutarchean/Aristotle originals.

7 cardinal virtues

In Aristotle's view of moral philosophy and ethics and morality, these four virtues were essential for anyone looking to live a noble and fulfilled life according to virtue ethics—an approach where character matters more than rules or consequences alone.
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These four categories will later come to comprise the four Cardinal Virtues, according Thomistic theology.