In<i>The Four Cardinal Virtues</i>, Josef Pieper delivers a stimulating quartet of essays on the four cardinal virtues. He demonstrates the unsound overvaluation of moderation that has made contemporary morality a hollow convention and points out the true significance of the Christian virtues.<br />
The Four Cardinal Virtues
โ Scribed by Josef Pieper
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Year
- 1966
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 250
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
PRUDENCE
1. The First of the Cardinal Virtues
2. Knowledge of Reality and the Realization of the Good
3. Delimitations and Contrasts
4. Prudence and Charity
JUSTICE
1. On Rights
2. Duty in Relation to "The Other"
3. The Rank of Justice
4. The Three Basic Forms of Justice
5. Recompense and Restitution
6. Distributive Justice
7. The Limits of Justice
FORTITUDE
I. Readiness to Fall in Battle
2. Fortitude Must Not Trust Itself
3. Endurance and Attack
4. Vital, Moral, Mystic Fortitude
TEMPERANCE
1. Temperance and Moderation
2. Selfless Self-Preservation
3. Chastity and Unchastity
4. Virginity
5. On Fasting
6. The Sense of Touch
7. Humility
8. The Power of Wrath
9. Disciplining the Eyes
10. The Fruits of Temperance
Notes
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
I remember that the part on unchastity/impurity emphasizes that these sins corrupt/cloud the intellect and thus also the virtue of prudence.