“What is liberty without wisdom and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without intuition or restraint. Those who know what virtuous liberty is, cannot bear to see it disgraced by incapable heads, on account of their having high-sounding words in their mouths.” –Edmund Burke In the fall of ... Continue Reading
ethics
The Works of Edwards Part 2: What is True Virtue?
Jonathan Edwards' The Nature of True Virtue was published posthumously in 1765, seven years after the American theologian's death. Interestingly, it was simultaneously released with his The End for which God Created the World. The reason for this joint publishing venture was due to the fact that Edwards considered the two works as a set. For ... Continue Reading