http://www.thefourvirtues.com Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:49:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ranked in order of severity as per Dante's Divine Comedy (in the Purgatorio), the seven deadly vices are: Pride (vanity) - an excessive love of self or holding self out of proper position toward God or fellows. Dante's definition was "love of self perverted to hatred and contempt for one's neighbor". ... http://www.thefourvirtues.com/dantes-seven-deadly-vices In Christianity, the theological virtues are: Faith Hope Charity From 1 Corinthians 13:13. St. Paul defined these three chief virtues. Christian Church authorities called them the “Three Theological Virtues” because they believed these virtues were not natural to man in his fallen state, but were conferred at Baptism. The Four Cardinal Virtues: Fortitude (Courage) Temperance (Temperance) Prudence (Wisdom) Justice ... http://www.thefourvirtues.com/western-ideas-of-virtue Virtue is also an important concept in Chinese philosophies such as Confucianism and Taoism. Chinese virtues include: Humanity Xiao - usually translated as filial piety Zhong - meaning loyalty. One important normative value in much of Chinese thinking is that one's social status should be the result of the amount of virtue that one could ... http://www.thefourvirtues.com/eastern-ideas-of-virtue Virtue is the habitual, well-established, readiness or disposition of man's powers directing them to some goodness of act. As applied to humans, a virtue is a good character trait. The Latin word virtus literally means "manliness," from vir, "man" in the masculine sense; and referred originally to masculine, warlike virtues ... http://www.thefourvirtues.com/virtues-overview