![]() The word virtue "was borrowed into English in the 13th century". The French words vertu and virtu came from this Latin root. The ancient Romans used the Latin word virtus (derived from vir, their word for man) to refer to all of the "excellent qualities of men, including physical strength, valorous conduct, and moral rectitude". ![]() ![]() Buddhism's four brahmavihara ("Divine States") can be regarded as virtues in the European sense. Other examples of this notion include the concept of merit in Asian traditions as well as De ( Chinese 德). The opposite of virtue is vice, and the vicious person takes pleasure in habitual wrong-doing until it destroys him or her. Such a person is said to be Virtuous through having cultivated the disposition. ![]() By taking pleasure in doing what is right, even when it is difficult or initially unpleasant, virtue becomes habitual. ![]() In human practical ethics, a virtue is a disposition to choose words and actions that are successful by showing high moral standards: doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong in a given field of endeavour. The cultivation and refinement of virtue is held to be the " good of humanity" and thus is valued as an end purpose of life or foundational principle of being. Cardinal and Theological Virtues by Raphael, 1511Ī Virtue ( Latin: virtus) is a trait of excellence that may be moral or intellectual. ![]()
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