Order, Self-mastery, Virility, and Beauty in Temperance
This is Part 2 of a series of 4 talk outlines on the cardinal virtues 'Puzzle' by Olga Shevchenko* First impression and misconceptions about the virtue Usually it is associated with control, restrain, resistance. This is not incorrect. However, this is not the most important thing about this virtue. It is only an aspect, or we could even say, a consequence of the deeper meaning of the virtue. Worse is the virtue’s being associated with prohibition, ban, prevention, bawal(Tagalog) , guinadili (Bisaya) . This is one of the reasons why this virtue may seem unpopular to some people. People could even look at this virtue as unmanly. Definition Temperance is the order and integration of the appetites to the person Temperance is the proper integration of the bodily appetites to the person. In Latin, temperance means having to dispose various parts into one unified and ordered whole. Thus tempe