He was made Master of Arts in July 1515 and was held to be a man of virtuous disposition, leading an unblemished life.

Joshua Barnes, a medieval writer, said " Queen Philippa was a very good and charming person that exceeded most ladies for sweetness of nature and virtuous disposition.

But his disposition should be such that, if he needs to be the opposite, he knows how .” As noted in chapter 15, the prince must appear to be virtuous, and should be virtuous, but he should be able to be otherwise when the time calls for it ; that includes being able to lie, though however much he lies he should always keep the appearance of being truthful.

To truly be a virtuous person, one's virtuous actions must meet three conditions: ( a ) they are done knowingly, ( b ) they are chosen for their own sakes, and ( c ) they are chosen according to a stable disposition ( not at a whim, or in any way that the acting person might easily change his choice about ).

Tolkien identified in his 1936 lecture " Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics " a " Northern ' theory of courage '"— the heroic or " virtuous pagan " insistence to do the right thing even in the face of certain defeat without promise of reward or salvation:

Jainism asserts a religious and virtuous life is possible without the idea of a creator god.

From the Boer point of view, the Enlightenment invaded their shores, seized their properties, annexed their farms, imposed alien laws, liberated their slaves without compensation, justified these actions by appeal to Reason alone, and claimed in all of this to be more virtuous than their God.

For him, the foundation of morality was to be sought not in Scripture but in happiness: " It would be useless and almost unjust to insist upon a man's being virtuous if he cannot be so without being unhappy.

He said the non-interventionists, without mentioning Harry Emerson Fosdick by name, seek to preserve the purity of their souls, either by denouncing military actions or by demanding that every action taken be unequivocally virtuous.

However, the Qur ' an and New Testament overlap in other aspects of Jesus ' life ; both Muslims and orthodox Christians believe that Jesus was miraculously born without a human biological father by the will of God, and that his mother, Mary ( Maryam in Arabic ), is among the most saintly, pious, chaste and virtuous women ever.

The first is based on the inherent goodness of acting for and being concerned for others (" the excellent person labours for his friends and for his native country, and will die for them if he must " ); thus, being a wholly virtuous and fulfilled person necessarily involves having others for whom one is concerned — without them, one's life is incomplete:

Glaucon asks whether any man can be so virtuous that he could resist the temptation of being able to perform any act without being known or discovered.

And it gives to ambitious, corrupted, or deluded citizens ( who devote themselves to the favorite nation ), facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country, without odium, sometimes even with popularity ; gilding, with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation.

Virtuous action towards others begins with virtuous and sincere thought, which begins with knowledge.

" Diderot, in his Encyclopédie article of the same name, went further: " to collect all the knowledge that now lies scattered over the face of the earth, to make known its general structure to the men among we live, and to transmit it to those who will come after us ," to make men not only wiser but also " more virtuous and more happy.

Through such self-knowledge and personal purification ( virtuous living ) the adept is led to direct knowledge of God via themselves as inner reflection or will.

EpicurusIn the Epicurean view, the highest pleasure ( tranquility and freedom from fear ) was obtained by knowledge, friendship and living a virtuous and temperate life.

Via these factors intelligence and knowledge stimulate growth leading to national wealth, which in turn may boost cognitive ability in a virtuous circle.

Socrates concludes that, in the virtuous people of the present and the past, at least, virtue has been the result of divine inspiration, akin to the inspiration of the poets, whereas a knowledge of it will require answering the basic question, ' What is virtue ?'.

The Siddhanta tradition, like Kashmir Shaivism and Kaula, differs from the Vedic and Puranic worship of Shiva and also from the ancient Pasupati tradition by its adherence to texts called Agamas or Tantras, which lay down rites that may be performed by men of the first four varnas ( women in these varnas played marginal roles ) and describe a progressive, fourfold spiritual path of virtuous and moral living ( charya ), ritual ( kriya ), individual practice ( yoga ) and knowledge ( jnana, vidya ).

Instead, the degree of reality-tracking ability determines how virtuous the individual's intellect is, and therefore how good one's knowledge is.

: My mother was a Presbyterian, and agreeably to the strictest sense of their religion, she lived a virtuous life, and according to the best of her knowledge taught her children the ways of righteousness.

Rand, too, argued that liberty was a precondition of virtuous conduct, but argued that her non-aggression principle itself derived from a complex set of previous knowledge and values.

At the same time, because the personal code of the detective coincides with the legal dictates of his society, because he likes to catch criminals, he is in middle class eyes a virtuous man.

This is simply a confession of intellectual sterility spruced up to look virtuous.

Limbo is a theory that unbaptized but innocent souls, such as those of infants, virtuous individuals who lived before Jesus Christ was born on earth, or those that die before baptism must wait before going to heaven.

In the intermediate state the awareness is very flexible, so it is important to be virtuous, adopt a positive attitude, and avoid negative ideas.

It is suggested that had Elihu appeared in the original source, his spirited and virtuous defence of the divine right to punish would have been rewarded by God in the conclusion, or at the very least mentioned.

He is considered the model of a virtuous life, and both the revealer and physical incarnation of God.

A virtuous plebeian who cultivates his qualities can be a " gentleman ", while a shameless son of the king is only a " small man ".

The moderation of sexual desires is required to be virtuous.

A few people, however, will take shelter in the wilderness to escape the carnage, and when the slaughter is over, they will come out of hiding and resolve to take up a life of skillful and virtuous action again.

Hers is a virtuous character whose piety and unflinching optimism causes all to fall in love with her.

** Theodore in The Romance of the Forest – saves Adeline multiple times, is virtuous, courageous and brave, self-sacrificial

( K. 316 ) He furthermore opined that it is the determination of the spotless ( virtuous ) not to do evil, even in return, to those who have cherished enmity and done them evil.

* In Dante Alighieri's Inferno ( which is part of the Divine Comedy series ), Hector and his family are placed in Limbo, the outer circle wherein the virtuous non-Christians dwell.

Rousseau ’ s philosophy of education is not concerned with particular techniques of imparting information and concepts, but rather with developing the pupil ’ s character and moral sense, so that he may learn to practice self-mastery and remain virtuous even in the unnatural and imperfect society in which he will have to live.

It is common to split wulin into black and white " ways ", denoting the criminous and virtuous.

When a person's actions are completely virtuous in all matters in relation to others, Aristotle calls her " just " in the sense of " general justice ;" as such this idea of justice is more or less coextensive with virtue.

Virtue jurisprudence is the view that the laws should promote the development of virtuous characters by citizens.

Winston Churchill, for example, argued that " hen the long tally is added, it will be seen that the British nation and the English-speaking world owe far more to the vices of John than to the labours of virtuous sovereigns ".

The virtuous pagans of classical history and mythology inhabit a brightly lit and beautiful — but somber — castle which is seemingly a medieval version of Elysium.