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	Temperance (virtue) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Temperance (Sophrosyne in Greek) is the practice of moderation.
		It was one of the five "cardinal" virtues held to be vital to society in Hellenic culture.
		The virtues of abstinence, chastity, and modesty are considered sub-classes of the virtue of temperance, as it governs the practice of eating and drinking, practice of sexual intercourse, and the restraint of vanity.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Temperance_(virtue) (230 words)

	The Virtue of Temperance
		Temperance is primarily about desires for the greatest pleasures, and the greatest pleasures result from the most natural operations, which are those that have as their purpose the preservation of the individual and the preservation of the species.
		This is the spiritual beauty that comes from the excellence and honorable state resulting from the cultivation of the virtue of temperance, the beauty of a heart that recoils from the disgrace that is contrary to temperance and a love of the honor that belongs to it; in short, the beauty of an unselfish heart.
		Clemency is an important virtue to cultivate, first on the part of the court judge for the sake of the common good of the civil community, and on the part of parents for the sake of the emotional well-being of their children.
	catholiceducation.org /articles/education/ed0281.html (9845 words)

	20th WCP: Is Temperance Ever Properly Painful?
		Temperance, then, is a mean concerned with pleasures, as we have already said; for it is concerned less, and in a different way, with pains (1117b25-27).
		While he says that temperance concerns both pleasure and pain, it is not clear what the temperate person’s response is to the pain of not satisfying appropriate appetites.
		Also in both cases, temperance is the mean between the excess of profligacy and the defect of insensibility, where the latter is quite rare so that intemperance is often associated with profligacy alone.
	www.bu.edu /wcp/Papers/Anci/AnciKonk.htm (4754 words)

	Light & Life Vol 51 No 5 - Christian Temperance
		While the cardinal virtue of temperance includes the virtue of sobriety, or the controlled use of alcohol, its scope is far broader than that.
		The virtue of temperance is an habitual disposition that enables man to govern his natural appetite and attraction for pleasures of the senses in accordance with the norms of reason enlightened by faith.
		Chastity is a difficult virtue, not only because of the vigilance it requires and the intensity of the emotions involved, but unlike other virtues where one can walk away from occasions of sin and sources of temptation, the object of this virtue is the control of the emotions deep within one’s own being.
	www.rosary-center.org /ll51n5.htm (2134 words)

	Summa Theologica
		Secondly, because the things from which temperance withholds us, hold the lowest place in man, and are becoming to him by reason of his animal nature, as we shall state further on (Articles [4],5; Question [142], Article [4]), wherefore it is natural that such things should defile him.
		Hence temperance is chiefly about the pleasure of touch, that results essentially from the use of these necessary things, which use is in all cases attained by the touch.
		Secondarily, however, temperance and intemperance are about pleasures of the taste, smell, or sight, inasmuch as the sensible objects of these senses conduce to the pleasurable use of the necessary things that have relation to the touch.
	www.ccel.org /a/aquinas/summa/SS/SS141.html (4815 words)

	Summa Theologica
		First, in accordance with its common signification: and thus temperance is not a special but a general virtue, because the word "temperance" signifies a certain temperateness or moderation, which reason appoints to human operations and passions: and this is common to every moral virtue.
		Yet there is a logical difference between temperance and fortitude, even if we take them both as general virtues: since temperance withdraws man from things which seduce the appetite from obeying reason, while fortitude incites him to endure or withstand those things on account of which he forsakes the good of reason.
		Secondly, because the things from which temperance withholds us, hold the lowest place in man, and are becoming to him by reason of his animal nature, as we shall state further on (AA[4],5; Q[142], A[4]), wherefore it is natural that such things should defile him.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/aquinas/summa.SS_Q141_A2.html?bcb=0 (613 words)

	Summa Theologica
		If, however, we take virtue in a broad sense, for any principle of commendable actions, we may say that continence is a virtue.
		For the subject of a virtue should be proportionate to the virtue's matter.
		Now the good of reason flourishes more in the temperate man than in the continent man, because in the former even the sensitive appetite is obedient to reason, being tamed by reason so to speak, whereas in the continent man the sensitive appetite strongly resists reason by its evil desires.
	www.godrules.net /library/summa/SS155.htm (2400 words)

	Body
		Temperance is one of the cardinal virtues; closely allied with moderation; connotes following the middle course and avoiding extremes; core doctrine is that it is a good for the human person to be free from any domination of material things, in this case those things which can be taken into the body.
		Temperance is clearly the opposite of the vice of gluttony; being intemperate means consuming to an extreme; the "Temperance circa Movement" of the late 1800s and early 1900s aimed at intemperance in the consumption of alcohol.
		Temperance is a ancient doctrine, related to the idea of balance and the mean; the Pythagoreans (580-circa 500 B.C.) believed in living in harmony with nature and stressed the importance of a healthy and balanced diet to a good and happy life.
	www.mcenacle.org /ocala/temp.htm (999 words)

	SUMMA THEOLOGICA: Is temperance a virtue? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It seems that temperance is not a virtue.
		Wherefore it is clear that temperance is not contrary to the inclination of human nature, but is in accord with it.
		The temperance which fulfils the conditions of perfect virtue is not without prudence, while this is lacking to all who are in sin.
	www.newadvent.org /summa/314101.htm (492 words)

	Classical Virtues
		Temperance is the second of the four cardinal virtues spelled out by St. Thomas Aquinas ("cardinal" means fundamental).10 The other three are prudence, justice, and fortitude.
		Virtue, in the classical sense, is a far deeper matter than conforming to social norms and it has a decidedly active moral character.
		The classical Christian virtues hold great promise to heal our nation's wounds on the pleasure-drug issue: it's time to stop the war that's been inspired by the shallow "drug-free" ideal and act instead on the classical virtues, whose depth and suppleness are equal to the task of controlling addiction without resorting to injustice and folly.
	www.reconsider.org /issues/pleasure_drugs_and_classical_vir.htm (5213 words)

	296: Temperance: Daily Meditation from "Divine Intimacy": Catholic-Pages.com
		Temperance is the virtue which moderates in us the inordinate desire for sensible pleasure, keeping it within the limits assigned by reason and faith.
		The virtue of temperance has been infused into us to "mortify the deeds of the flesh"; this mortification is not an end in itself, but it is an indispensable condition for the life of the spirit.
		The beauty of the virtue of temperance lies in the fact that it helps us to turn back on the downhill path taken by our first parents in consequence of their sin.
	www.catholic-pages.com /prayers/296.asp (960 words)

	Diocese: Alcohol Abuse Information Page
		The guidance that the Church offers in regard to the use of alcohol is the virtue of temperance, which is not to be confused with the temperance movement of a century ago.
		One appropriate way for developing the virtue of temperance is to abstain voluntarily from any use of alcohol for a period of time, such as during Lent.
		The virtue of temperance should be central to educational programs concerning the use and abuse of alcohol in order to avoid an unhelpful and negative approach to the subject.
	www.gbdioc.org /pg/dioceseAlcoholPolicy.tpl (1598 words)

	The Virtue of Fortitude
		The virtue of temperance is thus not enough for emotional well-being, since temperance deals with the greatest pleasures, not the greatest difficulties.
		Now fortitude is a virtue; and it is essential to virtue to tend to good; wherefore it is in order to pursue some good that man does not fly from the danger of death.
		The virtue of patience is that habit by which we endure hardship so that we maintain the course of action set out by reason.
	catholiceducation.org /articles/education/ed0283.html (5199 words)

	Elements of Moral Theology: Ch XI- Temperance
		THE virtue of temperance consists in the restraint and moderation of the natural appetites in accordance with the dictates of reason.
		6), after giving a definition of temperance along these lines, provides an excellent example of the scholastic use of ends and means in his argument to establish that the standard or rule by which temperance judges what is or is not allowable in the matter of sex and food, is bodily necessity.
		It is man alone who, by virtue of his rationality, has the privilege and duty of choosing to fulfil the law of his being, and of voluntarily cooperating with the purpose of his Creator.
	www.katapi.org.uk /MoralTH/ChXI.htm (8549 words)

	What is the essence of the virtue of patience
		It is that virtue which keeps man's sensitive appetite within the bounds of reason so that it may not be carried away by pleasures, particularly those that refer to the sense of touch in those acts that are necessary for the conservation of bodily life (CXL.
		Yes; and they are those virtues which imitate its act or manner of acting (which is the controlling of what by its nature carries us away) but in matters that are of less difficulty; or which do not attain to the perfection of the act of temperance (CLV.).
		We have seen that these virtues effect that man is able to direct his moral life with regard both to himself and his neighbour as it behoves in order that his life may be in harmony in all things with his supernatural end.
	www.skygodproject.net /history/summa_theologica_6.htm (4904 words)

	[Exalted] Temperance? I don't get it. - RPGnet Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Temperance isn't just self-control; in a real way, it's the Trully Virtuous Virtue, the one that leads to Right Action most of the time.
		I tend to gauge Virtues by the worst that you do, rather than the best- even a coward can be brave at times, but a brave man has lost his cowardice.
		This is a conflict of Temperance and Conviction.
	forum.rpg.net /showthread.php?t=86319 (1210 words)

	The Chief Virtues of Man (1905)
		Temperance is a word which is sadly misused, and generally confined to one sphere--temperance in drinking; whereas the virtue of Temperance should enter into every act of our life.
		For Temperance is the virtue which governs the fleshly appetite in man, inducing moderation in the lawful use of all God's gifts and creatures, and leading to a spirit of detachment from things which are merely temporal.
		Fortitude is the virtue which regulates the irascible appetite of man, and enables him to surmount all obstacles and to overcome all difficulties in his path, by giving him courage to choose the lesser evil or harm, in order to avoid a greater.
	anglicanhistory.org /usa/mortimer/chief_virtues.html (12972 words)

	Temperance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Temperance movement, movement to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed
		Temperance (Tarot card), a Major Arcana Tarot card
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Temperance (87 words)

	Tarot.com :: Tarot, Astrology, Numerology & I-Ching
		The representations of the virtue of Temperance appear to be restricted to the religious art tradition.
		Temperance is a Greco-Roman natural virtue that was adopted by Christianity as one of the Cardinal or Moral Virtues.
		It is the first and lowest of the Platonic and Pythagorean virtues, governing the lowest part of the soul, the basic animal instincts.
	www.tarot.com /about-tarot/library/boneill/temperance (523 words)

	May 26 THE HIDDEN WAY: (may26hid.htm)
		Like the well-balanced scale the virtue of Temperance disposes your human senses and ego and intellect to judge your desires, thoughts, deeds, words all in My Light which is the ballast of Temperance.
		Temperance is a kind teacher to the ignorant, for Temperance, refined by holy charity, disposes the person to lead all souls unto Me, for My honor and glory alone.
		It is Temperance which helps the soul to set in place its spiritual house, and thus helps the person to rightly order his life around Me. Temperance is gratitude for all My gifts, graces and blessings, and it seeks to use these gifts prudently for love of Me and of one's neighbor.
	www.dailycatholic.org /issue/May/may26hid.htm (706 words)

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	Touchstone Archives: The Cardinal Virtue of Temperance
		At the time, I found it surprising that any form of the temperance movement was still alive after the 1960s, but there they were in their splendid Victorian manor.
		The virtue of temperance assumes that the world is good.
		Being temperate in character (as Luke described Paul when he spoke to Felix in Acts 24:25) is one of the four cardinal virtues.
	www.touchstonemag.com /archives/article.php?id=14-08-056-c (608 words)

	The Restraint Project: virtue and self-control in Australia: Introduction
		We are a group in Sydney working on a project on restraint in Australia, ranging from philosophical ideas on the virtue of temperance to the role of self-control in Australian history, especially in the mid-twentieth century, and modern sociology and psychology of anti-drug campaigns.
		Recovering this virtue, now rarely talked about though widely practised, will provide a much-needed resource for discussion of such difficult social problems as addictions, chronic debt, violence in remote communities and safe sex campaigns, where, after all government and other outside interventions, a potential victim or perpetrator needs the self-control to say no.
		Temperate behaviour did not disappear with the language for it, and the public still professes shock at gross violations of the norms of restraint (such as rampages by drunken footballers).
	web.maths.unsw.edu.au /~jim/restraintintro.html (917 words)

	Virtue of Temperance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		He advocated natural family planning and preached that virtuous temperance should be rooted in love.
		The virtue of temperance, or brahmacharya, is needed, he felt, for man to be truly himself and to allow God to work through him.
		Gandhi advised people to use that particular part of temperance called “self-restraint” to achieve “self-transformation.” Pope Paul VI underscored the importance of “self-mastery” in matters of sexuality.
	www.catholicexchange.com /vm/index.asp?art_id=22426 (916 words)

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		It’s an established principle that to increase virtue is to decrease its opposing vice.
		Temperance is a cardinal virtue — a hinge on which so many other virtues depend.
		Here are a few other examples of good manners founded on virtue: A child or teenager who learns to respect this elders — such as offering them his place at the dinner table when large groups are seated — learns meekness and the beginnings of charity and humility.
	www.homestead.com /ihmacad/files/Newsletter2.doc (1949 words)

	Free College Essays.com - Free Essays, Term Papers and Book Reports.
		Ethics Aristotle places great emphasis on the moral virtue of temperance in relation to the nature of states of character.
		In his examination to achieve true temperance Aristotle asserts, “The general account being of this nature, the account of particular cases is yet more lacking in exactness; for they don not follow under any art or precept, but the agents themselves must in each case consider what is appropriate to the occasion” (-1104a9).
		Aristotle declares, “[to achieve virtue and temperance] that the intermediate state in all things is to be praised, but that we must incline sometimes toward the excess, sometimes toward the deficiency; for so shall we most easily hit the mean and what is right” (1109b28).
	www.free-college-essays.com /Ethics/3660-Ethics.html (938 words)

	Mp3joseph.com - The Virtue Temperance.
		Before Gregory the Great introduced three more virtues, there were mainly four virtues that were celebrated.
		It was the school of Socrates that made the above mentioned virtues popular.
		These altogether made up the seven cardinal virtues, that are still celerated today.
	www.mp3joseph.com /temperance.htm (91 words)

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	EWTN - Virtues - Seven Habits of Champions - AT -Welcome to The Crossroads Initiative
		EWTN - Virtues - Seven Habits of Champions - AT -Welcome to The Crossroads Initiative
		The Cardinal Virtue of Prudence, The Cardinal Virtue of Justice, The Cardinal Virtue of Temperance, The Cardinal Virtue of Fortitude,The Theological Virtue of Faith, The Theological Virtue of Hope,The Theological Virtue of Charity">
		Seven Habits of Champions lays out how God's inspiration for Christian living, contained in the Scriptures and made known through the Catechism and Church documents, is accessible to everyone and demonstrated for us through the lives of the saints.
	www.crossroadsinitiative.com /resource_info/163.html (276 words)

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