[lit-ideas] "The Seven Virtues"
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:19:43 EDT
As they were.
In a message dated 9/16/2004 2:29:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, goya@xxxxxxx
writes:
Patience was one of the Seven Virtues in the tradition =
descending from=20
the Psychomachia of Prudentius
---- Intersting. Here below the quotes in the OED for the 'seven virtues'.
None of the cites actually _list_ them, though, and they seem to have been
artificially (synthetically) imposed to _win_ the (seven) well-known sins, one
by one, presumably.
Cheers,
JL
1320 Cast. Love 827
<NOB <NO th seven virtues sev winne
To ouercome thT seven deadly sinne.
1400 Cursor M. 25391 (Cott. Galba),
Now have I said thNo askinges seuyn..whilk seven virtues untill us wins,
and als fordose seven deadly sins.
1425. Cast. Persev. 1694
Th seven sins I forsake & to to seven virtues I me tak.
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