natural virtue
(especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
- Compare theological virtue.
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How to use natural virtue in a sentence
Here Pope Francis invites us to see action on climate change as an opportunity to practice natural virtues like gratitude, care, and forgiveness.
But this colossal superstition weighs upon their very existence, crushing out even natural virtue.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) | Robert G. IngersollHe pours out his contempt on the Parisian philosophes who idealized primitive man and natural virtue.
The Long White Cloud | William Pember ReevesHe has in him all the primary elements of natural virtue, the germ from which a noble creature can be developed.
But God pays no heed to what is not done for his glory and is merely the outcome of purely natural virtue.
The Gods are Athirst | Anatole France
It is this natural virtue which renders pussy so generally a favoured inmate of the household.
The Cat | Philip M. Rule
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