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You dont need an Article II to recognize characteristics We the People now miss in the Chief Executive.The highest virtue, according to Aristotle, was Intellectual Contemplation. In addition, the following 12 virtues also can be attributed to Aristotle:
1) Courage bravery and valor
2) Temperance self-control and restraint
3) Liberality bigheartness, charity and generosity
4) Magnificence radiance, joie de vivre
5) Pride self-satisfaction
6) Honor respect, reverence, admiration
7) Good Temper equanimity, level headedness
8) Friendliness conviviality and sociability
9) Truthfulness straightforwardness, frankness and candor
10) Wit sense of humor meaninglessness and absurdity
11) Friendship camaraderie and companionship
12) Justice impartiality, evenhandedness and fairness
Source: Victoria Rayner
https://aesthetichealingmindset.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/4706/
handmade34
(22,755 posts)when presented with the facts that way... it hurts to know who lives in the "Peoples' House"
Kid Berwyn
(14,642 posts)Lets see. Rembrandts depiction of Aristotle contemplating upon a bust of Homer or...
The highest virtue, according to Aristotle, was Intellectual Contemplation (Fabric Swatches). In addition, the following 12 virtues also can be attributed to Aristotle:
1) Courage bravery and valor vs Bone Spurs
2) Temperance self-control and restraint vs Stormy Daniels
3) Liberality bigheartness, charity and generosity vs Tax Jamboree for Billionaires
4) Magnificence radiance, joie de vivre vs Mocking the Disabled
5) Pride self-satisfaction vs Bragging about Bankrupting a Casino
6) Honor respect, reverence, admiration vs Inviting Our Nations Enemies to Settle Elections
7) Good Temper equanimity, level headedness vs Calling for Violence and Incarceration toward Journalists
8) Friendliness conviviality and sociability vs No One Volunteered to Mention Pee-resident Had Toilet Paper Stuck to Shoe as He Climbed Stairs to Air Force One
9) Truthfulness straightforwardness, frankness and candor vs LOLOL
10) Wit sense of humor meaninglessness and absurdity vs Military School of the Catskills 2nd Class
11) Friendship camaraderie and companionship vs Putin, Muhammad Bin Salman, Netanyahu, Kim, Duterte, Bolsonaro, etc etc etc.
12) Justice impartiality, evenhandedness and fairness vs Witch Hunting with Barr and Rudy
No wonder comparisons are odious, thy name is Trump.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)But is also noted by Christians as one of the seven deadly sins.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)Aristotle lived in a society whose basis was slavery, so he had a lot of free time for contemplation.
note: cultures in ancient India, Sumeria and Egypt were also based on slavery. The Sumerians wrote the how-to guide for all other nations and that guide is still being used today.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,773 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,642 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He is such a vile POS.
Kid Berwyn
(14,642 posts)What kind of vile deviant shouts in his third wifes ear like that?
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,436 posts)As has been explained above, "pride" was more about actual accomplishments.
What the Christians see as "bad" pride the Greeks called hubris, which is more accurately described as taking on god-like affectations.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I can see the difference.