Temperance
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The nature of temperance. |
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The relation of temperance to virtue generally, and to the virtues of courage and justice. |
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The relation of temperance to knowledge and prudence, the determination of the mean of temperance. |
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Temperance and continence, the counterfeits of temperance. |
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The varieties of intemperance, the related vices of sensuality, abstemiousness, cruelty, curiosity, inordinate desire. |
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Temperance in relation to duty or happiness. |
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The cultivation of temperance, the training of a temperate character. |
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The social aspects of temperance. |
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The temperance of rulers and citizens, intemperate conduct as inimical to the common good. |
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The temperance of a people, luxurious indulgences, the intemperance of the mob. |
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Laws concerning temperance, the extent to which the sphere of temperance can be regulated by law. |
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The extremes of temperance and intemperance. |
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Asceticism, heroic temperance. |
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The Dionysiac spirit, the cult of pleasure. |
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