{"id":2624,"date":"2019-11-07T13:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=2624"},"modified":"2021-06-09T14:27:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T14:27:58","slug":"strength-as-a-virtue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/mental-growth\/strength-as-a-virtue","title":{"rendered":"Strength as a Virtue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cShow your weakness.\u201d OK? Virtue is not always related to plain strength. More than \u2018showing weakness,\u2019 isn\u2019t \u2018avoiding weakness\u2019 not more virtuous?<\/h3>\n

The etymology<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

of virtue<\/em> or virtuous<\/em>: \u2018characterized by moral excellence, valor, strength\u2019 and also: \u2018manliness, courage, bravery.\u2019 In ancient Rome, virtus<\/em> was mainly important as a male adornment. Vir<\/em> is Latin for \u2018man,\u2019 also found in virility<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Womanly<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For women, \u2018virtue\u2019 has traditionally rather been associated with chastity or sexual purity. To me, less interesting. This text is not<\/u> about that.<\/p>\n

A woman can also be virtuous in the \u2018manly\u2019 sense, without being overly \u2018man-ly\u2019 in any negative way. Virtuous \u2013 as I\u2019m writing about it now \u2013 is not male in the sense of therefore not being female. People are always more flexible and diverse than would be warranted by such a calcified idea.<\/p>\n

And yet, to call it \u2018not manly\u2019 would also be a mistake. There is manliness within this quality and which even the most womanly woman can appreciate, including within herself.<\/p>\n

Still, as a quality in a man, this is \u2013 I cautiously stipulate \u2013 attractive for many women as engrained in biology.<\/p>\n

That includes physical strength.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In this, biology obviously made things easier for my sex.<\/p>\n

Ethically, if a man is not in the disposition of having much strength (illness, constitution), he is not \u2018less of a man.\u2019 At the other side, a work-out at the gym is not just a waste of time for brainless muscle-builders. It\u2019s \u2013 if wisely done \u2013 good for the body itself. It builds discipline. It\u2019s \u2018virtuous.\u2019<\/p>\n

It may also help you \u2013 male or female reader \u2013 \u00a0to feel alive. This may be the best you can do for your health, physically and mentally. That is, of course, in ex-aequo with using AURELIS \ud83d\ude09 .<\/p>\n

I like to go to the gym (while listening to podcasts).<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Writing this text, I haven\u2019t been able to go for a week. I already miss it. I like to feel physically strong. I like my physical strength. Sometimes, I over-exercise. Hm, not very smart.<\/p>\n

Someone once told me that \u201ca real man regularly needs to do something stupidly exaggerated.\u201d That is arguably part of being virtuous.<\/p>\n

Not only physical strength<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Indeed, I was a bit carried away just now\u2026<\/p>\n

Within the ancient \u2018virtuous\u2019 definition, there were already several moral elements. That was back in those days the way to relate to the psychological, even more: the deeper part of it. Note:<\/p>\n

I<\/u><\/strong>nner S<\/u>trength in AURELIS<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s ethically good to strive for this. It makes one a better person. It makes the world a better place. It even \u2018makes the world great again\u2019 without zero-sum policies or any aggressive \u2018us versus them\u2019 which in the end makes things worse for all.<\/p>\n

\u2018Us versus them\u2019 is not anymore the way in which things can be optimized for anyone. It wasn\u2019t even so in Roman times. That\u2019s why we don\u2019t speak Latin.<\/p>\n

According to me, we need now more than ever deeply<\/em> virtuous, male-based strength in every aspect.<\/p>\n

Not being afraid of virtue. Not being afraid of strength.<\/p>\n

Not being afraid of excellence. [see: \u201cExcellence<\/a>\u201d]<\/p>\n

Not being afraid of depth.<\/p>\n

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