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The Four Cardinal Virtues

The Four Cardinal Virtues

de Corte, Marcel
Storck, Inez Fitzgerald
Storck, Thomas

Hardcover

PhilosophyCatholicismGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 1998492788
ISBN13: 9781998492787
Publisher: Arouca Press
Published: Mar 19 2026
Pages: 546
Weight: 1.68
Height: 1.38 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Insofar as the four cardinal virtues-prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance-are remembered today, it is in a distorted and partial fashion. Yet the resulting void is at the root of the evils of the dis-society in which we live: totalitarianism, unbridled capitalism, social alienation, consumerism, hedonism, and the unchallenged reign of technology. To return to sanity, we need prudence, the virtue directing all the others and indispensable for the determination of appropriate personal and societal actions; justice, particularly essential for the pursuit of the common good; fortitude, required for fidelity to commitments and the sacrifices these entail; and temperance, applying to all moderation in conduct, not just regarding food and drink. Without the recovery of these virtues, the collapse of what remains of our civilization cannot be prevented. The Belgian philosopher Marcel De Corte is a prophetic voice heralding the coming chaos, basing his analyses on Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas. His prognosis for the future, however, does not leave us without hope.

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