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['və: u:]1) (a good moral quality: Honesty is a virtue.) dorybė2) (a good quality: The house is small, but it has the virtue of being easy to clean.) privalumas3) (goodness of character etc: She is a person of great virtue.) dorumas•- virtuous- virtuously
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virtuous — [[t]vɜ͟ː(r)tʃuəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A virtuous person behaves in a moral and correct way. Louis was shown as an intelligent, courageous and virtuous family man. Syn: good 2) ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as virtuous, you mean that they have… … English dictionary
virtuous — virtuously, adv. virtuousness, n. /verr chooh euhs/, adj. 1. conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright: Lead a virtuous life. 2. chaste: a virtuous young person. [1300 50; alter. (with i < L) of ME vertuous < AF < LL… … Universalium
virtuous — vir•tu•ous [[t]ˈvɜr tʃu əs[/t]] adj. 1) pho conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright 2) chaste: a virtuous young person[/ex] • Etymology: 1300–50; vertuous < AF < LL virtuōsus= L virtu(s) virtue+ ōsus ous… … From formal English to slang
Nicomachean Ethics — Part of a series on Aristotle … Wikipedia
Aristotle: Ethics and politics — Roger Crisp ETHICS BACKGROUND AND METHOD Aristotle wrote no books on ethics. Rather, he gave lectures, the notes for which subsequently were turned by others into two books, the Nicomachean Ethics (NE) and the Eudemian Ethics (EE). There is much… … History of philosophy
ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… … Universalium
Aristotelian ethics — Aristotle believed that ethical knowledge is not certain knowledge (like metaphysics and epistemology) but is general knowledge . Because it is not a theoretical discipline, he thought a person must have experience of the actions in life and have … Wikipedia
British moralists of the eighteenth century: Shaftesbury, Butler and Price — David McNaughton In this chapter I discuss the moral theories of three influential writers: Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713); Joseph Butler (1692–1752) and Richard Price (1723–91). All three wrote extensively on issues … History of philosophy
Socrates and the beginnings of moral philosophy — Hugh H.Benson INTRODUCTION Cicero in Tusculan Disputations famously tells us that Socrates first called philosophy down from the sky, set it in cities and even introduced it into homes, and compelled it to consider life and morals, good and evil … History of philosophy
Neeti Sastra — Neeti Saara (or) Neeti Sastra is a very popular collection of morals written by Baddena, a Telugu poet. Baddena (1220 1280? AD) is the composer of the most famous Sumathi Satakam as well as Niti Sastra. Complete details about his origin are not… … Wikipedia
Stoicism — Stoicism1 Brad Inwood 1 FROM SOCRATES TO ZENO More than eighty years passed between the death of Socrates in 399 BC and the arrival in Athens of Zeno in 312. Athenian society had undergone enormous upheavals, both political and social. The Greek… … History of philosophy