cardinal virtue

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one of the four important elements of good character (prudence, fortitude, justice, temperance)
One of the four paramount virtues in classical philosophy: justice, prudence, fortitude, or temperance
one of the seven preeminent virtues
natural virtue
cardinal virtues
The four virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance

But whatever is virtuous arises from some one of those four divisions: for it consists either in sagacity and the perception of truth ; or in the preservation of human society, by giving to every man his due, and by observing the faith of contracts ; or in the greatness and firmness of an elevated and unsubdued mind ; or in observing order and regularity in all our words and in all our actions, in which consists moderation and temperance (Cicero, De Officiis).

cardinal virtue

    Hyphenation

    car·di·nal vir·tue

    Turkish pronunciation

    kärdınıl vırçu

    Pronunciation

    /ˈkärdənəl ˈvərʧo͞o/ /ˈkɑːrdənəl ˈvɜrʧuː/
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