[PDF] The Minor Virtues eBook

Author : Lynn Levin
Publisher :
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 24,28 MB
Release : 2020-03-16
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781933974354

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The Minor Virtues, Lynn Levin's fifth collection of poems, begins with celebrations of small everyday practices--among them, fixing broken things and buying produce from the marked-down cart--which, when fancifully contemplated, branch into deeper appreciations of life. Levin's outlook is eclectic and occasionally very funny. Her moments are not without griefs and worries, yet, in these lyrics and narratives, she addresses them with good humor, respect, and abiding affection. As Willard Spiegelman observers, Lynn Levin's "many virtues, variously presented and contained here, are more than minor. Maturity, wisdom, and wit are among them."

Author : Eugene B. Borowitz
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 30,95 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780827606647

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The Jewish Moral Virtues is a book of musar - practical ethical wisdom applied to contemporary life. In form and purpose, it is parallel to William Bennett's bestselling Book of Virtues. Authors Borowitz and Schwartz synthesize traditional scholarship from a wide range of Jewish sources with personal insights into modern ethical dilemmas. Traditionally, Jewish ethical teachers have been concerned with law or general guidance for a good life, i.e., virtue, rather than philosophical meditations upon specific issues. This collection is structured upon the twenty-four virtues selected by a thirteenth-century Roman Jew, Yehiel ben Yekutiel, including trustworthiness, lovingkindness, compassion, generosity, charity, humility, and pure-heartedness, among others, and expands to include wisdom from the ancient rabbis, medieval philosophers, and Yehiel's successors over the past seven centuries.

Author : Mark Eddy Smith
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 41,13 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780830823123

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For Christians who are fans of Tolkien, Smith compares the tales of the Hobbits to those of spirituality, wherein God calls those that listen to embark on a journey.

Author : Peter Kreeft
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,33 MB
Release : 2009-10-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1681490471

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"We have reduced all virtues to one: being nice. And, we measure Jesus by our standard instead of measuring our standard by Him." For the Christian, explains author Peter Kreeft, being virtuous is not a means to the end of pleasure, comfort and happiness. Virtue, he reminds us, is a word that means "manly strength." But how do we know when we are being meek--or just cowardly? When is our anger righteous--and when is it a sin? What is the difference between being virtuous--and merely ethical? Back to Virtue clears up these and countless other questions that beset Christians today. Kreeft not only summarizes scriptural and theological wisdom on leading a holy life, he contrasts Christian virtue with other ethical systems. He applies traditional moral theology to present-day dilemmas such as abortion and nuclear armament. Kreeft restores to us what was once common knowledge: the Seven Deadly Sins have an antidote in the Beatitudes. By setting up a close contrast between the two sets of behaviors, Kreeft offers proven guidance in the often bewildering process of discerning right from wrong as we move into the questionable mores of the twenty-first century. He provides a road map of virtue, a map for our earthly pilgrimage synthesized from the accumulated wisdom of centuries of Christians, from Paul and the early Church Fathers through C.S. Lewis.

Author : Smith Lee Chelsea
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 37,89 MB
Release : 2017-11-03
Category :
ISBN : 9780987643322

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Step into the Garden of Virtues and learn to identify positive qualities such as helpfulness, determination, generosity and more. Providing an engaging introduction to 10 different virtues, this storybook and the accompanying activity pack is a valuable resource for parents and teachers to playfully foster personal development.

Author : William J. Bennett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 1917 pages
File Size : 29,97 MB
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 1439126259

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Responsibility. Courage. Compassion. Honesty. Friendship. Persistence. Faith. Everyone recognizes these traits as essentials of good character. In order for our children to develop such traits, we have to offer them examples of good and bad, right and wrong. And the best places to find them are in great works of literature and exemplary stories from history. William J. Bennett has collected hundreds of stories in The Book of Virtues, an instructive and inspiring anthology that will help children understand and develop character -- and help adults teach them. From the Bible to American history, from Greek mythology to English poetry, from fairy tales to modern fiction, these stories are a rich mine of moral literacy, a reliable moral reference point that will help anchor our children and ourselves in our culture, our history, and our traditions -- the sources of the ideals by which we wish to live our lives. Complete with instructive introductions and notes, The Book of Virtues is a book the whole family can read and enjoy -- and learn from -- together.

Author : William John Bennett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 46,21 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Children's literature
ISBN : 068481353X

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A collection of stories and poems presented to teach virtues, including compassion, courage, honesty, friendship, and faith.

Author : Paula Gottlieb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 37,83 MB
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 052176176X

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This text looks at Aristotle's claims, particularly the much-maligned doctrine of the mean.

Author : John Bradshaw
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 34,71 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Integrity
ISBN : 0553095927

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The best-selling author of Creating Love sets out to redefine what it means to live a moral life in today's world by helping readers reclaim and cultivate their inborn moral intelligence by developing one's instincts for goodness in childhood and nurturing them through one's adult life to promote good character and moral responsibility.

Author : William John Bennett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 840 pages
File Size : 37,92 MB
Release : 1993-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 0671683063

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A collection of stories and poems presented to teach virtues, including compassion, courage, honesty, friendship, and faith.