Virtue in a sentence

If the basis of popular government in peacetime is virtue, the basis of popular government during a revolution is both virtue and terror; virtue, without which terror is baneful; terror, without which virtue is powerless.

She claims that virtue is not an end in itself, that virtue is not its own reward nor sacrificial fodder for the reward of evil, that life is the reward of virtue and happiness is the goal and the reward of life.

Upon his return, the Buddha said (among other things) that Pasenadi "is a friend of virtue, acquainted with virtue, intimate with virtue", while the opposite is said of the aggressor, King Ajatasattu.

But it does seem, in a way, that the term “virtue signalling” is a backhanded compliment, because it’s essentially saying there is some virtue to it, or that it acknowledges an awareness of racism or misogyny or a history of discrimination.

Frugality was considered a virtue in the distant past, and for a while, we thought it was an outdated virtue in our modern culture.

It is arguably one of our greatest devices in our domination of the Earth, not by virtue of its physical effect on our surroundings (like the plough, or the spear), but by virtue of its effect on the human condition.

Contemporary virtue jurisprudence is inspired by philosophical work on virtue ethics.

Courage is a natural virtue which Saint Augustine did not consider a virtue for Christians.

De (Zh) originally meant normative "virtue" in the sense of "personal character; inner strength; integrity", but semantically changed to moral "virtue; kindness; morality".

In An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue (1725), Hutcheson says citation when choosing the most moral action, virtue is in proportion to the number of people a particular action brings happiness to.

Indeed his treatment of what he calls "political justice" derives from his discussion of "the just" as a moral virtue derived as the mean between opposing vices, just like every other virtue he describes.

Kant wrote a book discussing his theory of virtue in terms of independence which he believed was "a viable modern alternative to more familiar Greek views about virtue".

Note the semantic parallel for English virtue, with an archaic meaning of "inner potency; divine power" (as in "by virtue of") and a modern one of "moral excellence; goodness".

Satan goes against God’s law and therefore becomes corrupt and lacking of virtue and, as Piccolimini warned, “vice may be mistaken for heroic virtue”.

AI, by virtue of its capabilities, is a fertile ground for fostering innovation.

All of the citizenry, including the powerful, needed to be habituated to the virtue that accorded with this classical ideal of freedom, and the guardrails helped with that education for liberty.

And of course many, many virtue-signalling corporations have been similarly generous to Kendi.

Art can help children develop their motor, language, and social skills, improve decision-making, encourage risk-taking, and develop their creativity; all things that Sadia Verneuil by virtue of her training as a teacher and an artist would have known.

At this point they are just vanity pieces for lead footed and well heeled virtue signalers.

Both left office under pressure from constituents back home, who apparently thought accountability is a virtue, as long as it doesn’t get in the way of the party’s quest for more seats — and more power.