NOUN
- (scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature
How To Use natural virtue In A Sentence
- Hume defines the term according to the context in which it is used: justice is an artificial in contrast to a natural virtue, artificial yet not arbitrary; it is both socially determined and a sine qua non for the preservation of society. ENLIGHTENMENT
- Never, it is alleged, has Japan been soiled by the disobedient and rebellious acts common in other countries; while at the same time the Japanese nation, sharing to some extent in the supernatural virtues of its rulers, has been distinguished by a high-minded chivalry called Bushido, unknown in inferior lands. The Invention of a New Religion
- Pierre le grand: Or, "The poker chip" and "The buskin," Bacchus, and Aphrodite (not Venus), Comus, and Momus: exalting natural virtues and rebuking hypocracy both in church and state by J. W Rogers New York Times Hypes Iran Threat By Pretending Not To
- The author's indebtedness to Greek ethics can be seen even more clearly in his discussion of the natural virtues.
- Like most supernatural virtues, it has a laic shadow; the counsel to abstain, and to be unsolicitous, is one not only of perfection, but also of polity. The Precept of Peace