The Intellectual Pedigree of the Virtue of Magnanimity in the Jesuit Constitutions
The article traces the development of the virtue of magnanimity in Aristotle, Cicero, and Thomas Aquinas in order to assess John O’Malley’s claim that Section 728 of the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus represents a paraphrase of section i.66 of Cicero’s On Duties. For Aristotle, the virtue rep...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Journal of Jesuit studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 2, Issue: 3, Pages: 451-469 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church NCB Personal ethics TB Antiquity VA Philosophy |
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Magnanimity
Aristotle
Cicero
On Duties
Aquinas
Ignatius
John W. O’Malley
Jesuit Constitutions
superior general
virtue
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