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« on: February 26, 2011, 12:03:08 AM » |
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I'm a nerdy fan of old and archaic words. And so, I actually think the word virtue is very cool. According to its Latin etymology, it comes from "vir," which means "man" (as it is in the word "virile"). Generically, virtue means moral power, and sometimes just power or excellence, but its other senses in Latin have to do with manliness or valor (literally powers of a man).
I think we need this word now more than ever--this is no time to lose virtue.
Incidentally, I like the Chinese word most often translated into English as "virtue" too. The word is 徳 (de--tone 2), and it combines characters that in classical literary Chinese mean "go" (彳), "straight" (直) and "heart/mind" (心).
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