Elements of Morals / With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State

by Paul Janet

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CHAPTER XIV.

DUTIES RELATIVE TO THE WILL.

SUMMARY.

Duties relative to the will.—Strength of soul.—All duty in general is relative to the will: for there is not any which does not require the control of the will over the inclinations.

Virtue, especially when considered from the latter standpoint,—the control of the will over the inclinations,—is strength of soul, or courage.

Of courage and its different forms: military courage; civic courage; patience, moderation in prosperity; equanimity, etc.

Of anger and its different kinds.—Generous anger.

Duty of personal dignity.—Respect for one’s self. True pride and false pride.—Of a just esteem of one’s self.—Of modesty.