Why are you guys so obsessed with purity and virtue? Is this an attitude you've always had, or did you acquire it by reading a bunch of antiquated books?
Why are you guys so obsessed with purity and virtue? Is this an attitude you've always had...
Ethan Johnson
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Isaiah Watson
What else is there worth pursuing in life?
Jace Long
>Why are you guys so obsessed with purity and virtue?
Are we?
I'm a just an pragmatic individualist with late night transcendental delusions
Aiden Johnson
They are worthy of obsession
Or should I be obsessed with hypocrisy and corruption
Christian Stewart
Seems like every thread, regardless of what it's actually about, has somebody in it spouting off about living the virtuous life.
Lots of things are worth pursuing. What has virtue done for you, that you think nothing else is worthwhile?
Jacob Jackson
you should be obsessed with AESTHETICS
Isaac Lopez
Virtue has given me peace of mind and the respect of people I respect.
Joseph Ward
What is worth pursuing more than virtue?
Jackson Gomez
Personally I'm not big on purity but I acquired a respect for virtue from the stoics. I think having a good and well-defined philosophical/moral compass that you can adhere to is important for happiness. You have something to measure yourself and your actions by, rather than just haphazardly pleasure seeking and hoping you'll just stumble across happiness if you keep accumulating more and more luxuries.
Nowadays it almost feels like your paycheck has replaced your values in terms of what you measure yourself by. People are lead to believe they're doing well if they get paid well, even if their work makes them miserable / they do things they don't agree with. And the nice thing is I have much better control over defining my values than I do about defining my paycheck.
So yeah, I acquired that philosophy from reading a bunch of antiquated books, and I thank them for it. A little bit of introspection can go a long way in actually feeling satisfied with your life.
Bentley Wood
Because virtue is acquired through effort, thus a virtuous person shows to have a strong will and capable of many things by means of it.
A person who blends at every simple and immediate pleasure is closer to a beast, and it is often what we encounter in the lower classes of society.
Tyler Wilson
newflash. purity and virtue are good traits. they are good qualities for a person to have.
you should strive to better yourself.
Eli Cooper
~!NEWSFLASH!~
Fat is the new thin honey. So let's get the pina coladas flowing!
Poles are criminals. FACT.
Carson Phillips
Virtue doesn't even mean anything. It's an empty word.
Chase Harris
>Virtue doesn't even mean anything. It's an empty word.
Doesn't it just mean acting according to your morals? If you've determined a system of morals, and you adhere to them, you're behaving virtuously. If you don't live according to your morals, you're not behaving virtuously. If you think stealing is wrong and you steal, that isn't virtuous. If you think stealing is fine if you give it to someone in need and you do it, that's virtuous to you but not to the guy who thinks stealing is wrong.
Jackson Green
Virtue is Virtus, Vir, like Man, like the Were in Werewolf. It translates the Greek ἀρετή, which means the same thing (same root as the andr- in android).
It only came to mean "virtue" in the Victorian period.
Virtue means being a wise and good person.
Cooper Gutierrez
he probably means he doesn't have any morals and expects others to have none as well
Xavier Rodriguez
Kevin Stewart
I don't know what you're talking about
I'm a disgusting person
Cameron Thompson
I would expect such a ridiculous question from a Slurm drinking, hawaiian shirt wearing doggo.
Silly animal
Cooper Nelson
Because I want a pure waifu
Jonathan Cook
"Virtue" is simply what one thinks is best for oneself. The fact that many "antiquated books" pointed somewhat towards the same set of characteristics deemed good might have to do with the fact that they are universal, and we just have to discover them in ourselves.
Or maybe not, I can't prove their existence in you, only experience them in mine.
Jason Scott
>Why are you guys so obsessed with purity and virtue?
Wrong board
Zachary Thomas
this is a good, if middling post
i encourage you to make more thoughtful contributions to this board
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i like it
Charles Brown
this is a post doing a good job
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i like this
Evan Brooks
Not sure if arete is related to aner. There is a specific virtue derived from aner, andreia, "courage" (lit. "manliness.")