The English metaphysical poet and Anglican priest George Herbert (1593-1633) is best known for "The Temple," a monument of brilliant rhetoric which expertly combines private experience with a demonstration of the way to salvation. Descended from soldiers...

Nestled somewhere within the Age of Shakespeare and the Age of Milton is George Herbert. There is no Age of Herbert: he did not consciously fashion an expansive literary career for himself, and his characteristic gestures, insofar as these can be gleaned...

Nestled somewhere within the Age of Shakespeare and the Age of Milton is George Herbert. There is no Age of Herbert: he did not consciously fashion an expansive literary career for himself, and his characteristic gestures, insofar as these can be gleaned...

As gold is worth more than silver, so is virtue worth more than gold. (Roman) Be like your father in virtue, unlike him in fortune. (Roman) Better poverty than a home without virtue. (Chinese) Does training produce virtue, or does nature bestow it?...

. In Greek ethics, virtue (aretē) was a dominant concept. Socrates and the Sophists were much concerned with its nature and value, and how it might be acquired. Plato devoted several early dialogues to individual virtues. For Aristotle the human...

(Hebrew: middot) For Judaism the virtuous person (ba‘al middot) imitates the virtue of God. God’s traits of justice and equity, love and compassion, form the model for God’s creatures. The virtues that Judaism teaches are supposed to...

Every virtue is but halfway between two vices. (Roman) Following virtue is like ascending a steep mountain; following vice is a landslide down a precipice. (Chinese) Great abilities produce great vices as well as virtues. (Greek) If vices were...

Virtue (Latin virtus; Greek ἀρετή) is moral excellence of a person. A virtue is a trait valued as being good. The conceptual opposite of virtue is vice. According to its etymology the word virtue (Latin virtus) signifies manliness or courage....

Long ago, when I taught in a community college, I had a student who didn't want to be there. Brilliant, disappointed, he made up for his disappointments by trying to shame his teachers. His method was to show familiarity with things they probably...

Donald DeMarco, The Heart of Virtue San Francisco, Ignatius Press, 1996, pp. 231, US $ 12.95 REVIEWED BY DAVID DOOLEY While waiting for a delayed flight from Toronto to Vancouver on appropriately named National Stress Day, April 16, 1964, and...

Democratic presidential candidates argued Saturday night that organized labor is an essential part of the nation's economy whose troubles mirror the deterioration of the middle class way of life."The only way to reinvigorate the middle class is to reinvigorate the labor movement," Sen. Joe Biden...

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she sees her sometimes Southern accent as a virtue."I think America is ready for a multilingual president," Clinton said during a campaign stop at a charter school in Greenville, S.C.The New York senator _ who said she's...

Defines virtue as the foundation of humanity. Describes how people can develop virtue. Details six virtues of particular importance.

Essay briefly describes the various virtues that I possess and how I use them in my daily life.