Thanks for sharing this Dr. Sadler! His writing is poetry, isn’t it? I love it! Here’s one I really loved. “Of the many things each chooses to enjoy with his sense of sight. One man likes to look at a high mountain and enjoy its view, another a flat plain, another a curving valley, another green woods, another the level restless sea. Another takes together all or several of these beautiful things for the joy of looking at them. His writing her really got me to thinking. Which I guess is a good thing? Is my will good or bad? Am I able to properly use my reasoning to decide whether my desires, my appetites, or passions will prevail? I have to make sure I am making good choices and avoiding the vices. I am going to have to read more of this.
Stoics, like pretty much every tradition of ancient and medieval (and many early modern) philosophy, view the virtues as important. Not sure why you're asking about the Stoics here, since they're not really relevant to this piece.
Each tradition has texts you can read and think about to answer the question about how you develop the virtues. Temperance and wisdom aren't something different from virtue, since they're among the virtues
And yes, we can expect people of different ages to develop similar level of the virtues. Many old people in most cultures aren't particularly temperance or wise.
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Thanks for sharing this Dr. Sadler! His writing is poetry, isn’t it? I love it! Here’s one I really loved. “Of the many things each chooses to enjoy with his sense of sight. One man likes to look at a high mountain and enjoy its view, another a flat plain, another a curving valley, another green woods, another the level restless sea. Another takes together all or several of these beautiful things for the joy of looking at them. His writing her really got me to thinking. Which I guess is a good thing? Is my will good or bad? Am I able to properly use my reasoning to decide whether my desires, my appetites, or passions will prevail? I have to make sure I am making good choices and avoiding the vices. I am going to have to read more of this.
It's a great text
Great thoughts...Thanks for sharing.....Stoic like Virtues, correct me if I am wrong
My question is how would one attain this Temperance and Wisdom and Virtue,
other than by lived experience and Meditating and contemplating on the lives of others?
Can we really expect a 30 year old to have the same temperance and virtue as a 60 year old?
The 30 year old has not lived long enough or experienced enough losses and storms as a 60 year old.
Some really deep thoughts from Saint Augustine
Stoics, like pretty much every tradition of ancient and medieval (and many early modern) philosophy, view the virtues as important. Not sure why you're asking about the Stoics here, since they're not really relevant to this piece.
Each tradition has texts you can read and think about to answer the question about how you develop the virtues. Temperance and wisdom aren't something different from virtue, since they're among the virtues
And yes, we can expect people of different ages to develop similar level of the virtues. Many old people in most cultures aren't particularly temperance or wise.
Thanks Greg,
His Virtues brought to my mind the Stoic Virtues of Courage, Temperance, Fortitude,
and Justice---Hope I got them right
Those aren't specifically Stoic. Those are the cardinal virtues for Platonists, Cynics, Epicureans, Stoics, later Christian thinkers, and others.
Thanks