sophrosyne

How to use sophrosyne in a sentence

• He was supposed to exhibit sophrosyne, or self-mastery, and overindulging in food, drink or sex was a sign that a man was weak.

  Diet Like Jesus: What the Bible Says About How to Eat | Candida Moss | October 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

• The poetic expression of this refining process, this striving towards the classic ideal, towards sophrosyne, was Iphigenia.

  The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times | Alfred Biese

• The virtue on which they insisted was sophrosyne, knowing the limits which nature fixes for human conduct and keeping within them.

  An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law | Roscoe Pound